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alpha conversions

alpha conversions is the plural of alpha conversion.

Meaning of alpha conversion

Noun

alpha conversion (countable and uncountable, plural alpha conversions)

  1. One of the three rewrite rules of lambda calculus, in which a bound variable of a lambda term is replaced by another variable across its entire scope. So if there is a lambda term of the form (λx.t) and it is desired to have x replaced with y, then the rewritten lambda term would have the form (λy.t[y/x]) where t[y/x], "t with y instead of x", has had all free instances of x in t replaced with y.

Questions about alpha conversions

What is alpha conversions the plural of?
Alpha conversions is the plural of alpha conversion.

Words near alpha conversions in the dictionary

  1. alpha channel
  2. alpha channels
  3. alpha cities
  4. alpha city
  5. alpha conversion
  6. alpha conversions
  7. Alpha Coronae Borealis
  8. Alpha Crucis
  9. Alpha Cygni
  10. alpha decay
  11. alpha decays

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