In abstract rewriting, an object is in normal form if it cannot be rewritten any further, i.e. it is irreducible. Depending on the rewriting system, an...
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(abstract rewriting), an element of a rewrite system which cannot be further rewritten in logic: Normal form (natural deduction) Algebraic normal form Canonical...
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properties in the most abstract setting of an abstract rewriting system. The usual rules of elementary arithmetic form an abstract rewriting system. For example...
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and theoretical computer science, an abstract rewriting system (also (abstract) reduction system or abstract rewrite system; abbreviated ARS) is a formalism...
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logic, rewriting covers a wide range of methods of replacing subterms of a formula with other terms. Such methods may be achieved by rewriting systems...
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a normal form. A lambda term is in beta normal form if no beta reduction is possible; lambda calculus is a particular case of an abstract rewriting system...
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In computer science, Backus–Naur form (BNF; /ˌbækəs ˈnaʊər/; Backus normal form) is a notation used to describe the syntax of programming languages or...
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The Abstract Rewriting Machine (ARM) is a virtual machine which implements term rewriting for minimal term rewriting systems. Minimal term rewriting systems...
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Normalizing (abstract rewriting), an abstract rewriting system in which every object has at least one normal form Normalization property (abstract rewriting), a...
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language theory, a noncontracting grammar is in Kuroda normal form if all production rules are of the form: AB → CD or A → BC or A → B or A → a where A, B,...
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a normal distribution or Gaussian distribution is a type of continuous probability distribution for a real-valued random variable. The general form of...
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Word problem (mathematics) (redirect from Word problem (term rewriting))
calculus, equivalence is decidable by comparison of normal forms. The word problem for an abstract rewriting system (ARS) is quite succinct: given objects x...
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Church–Rosser theorem (category Rewriting systems)
which both b and c can be reduced. Viewing the lambda calculus as an abstract rewriting system, the Church–Rosser theorem states that the reduction rules...
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Divergence (computer science) (category Rewriting systems)
normal form; the latter is impossible in a terminating rewriting system. In the lambda calculus an expression is divergent if it has no normal form....
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Knuth–Bendix completion algorithm (category Rewriting systems)
lemma which states that if an (abstract) rewriting system is strongly normalizing and weakly confluent, then the rewriting system is confluent. So, if we...
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Reduction strategy (category Rewriting systems)
In rewriting, a reduction strategy or rewriting strategy is a relation specifying a rewrite for each object or term, compatible with a given reduction...
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Lambda calculus (section Normal forms and confluence)
eventually terminates, then by the Church–Rosser theorem it will produce a β-normal form. Variable names are not needed if using a universal lambda function,...
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Manifold (redirect from Abstract manifold)
of a given manifold is unique. Though useful for definitions, it is an abstract object and not used directly (e.g. in calculations). Charts in an atlas...
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Orthogonality (mathematics) (category Abstract algebra)
{\displaystyle S} . A term rewriting system is said to be orthogonal if it is left-linear and is non-ambiguous. Orthogonal term rewriting systems are confluent...
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describe a scenario in which it has become normal for people to be exploited through data and other forms of technology. It draws parallels to colonialism...
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Jean-Pierre Jouannaud (category Rewriting systems)
Rubio, A. (2006). "Higher-Order Orderings for Normal Rewriting". In Frank Pfenning (ed.). Term Rewriting and Applications, 17th Int. Conf., RTA-06. LNCS...
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s=a^{p}b^{p}c^{p}} in L. The pumping lemma tells us that s can be written in the form s = u v w x y {\displaystyle s=uvwxy} , where u, v, w, x, and y are substrings...
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the rewriting of any ground term leads to the same normal form. It is said to be terminating if the rewriting of any ground term will lead to a normal form...
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ε-free can be transformed into an equivalent LL(k) grammar in Greibach normal form (which by definition does not have rules with left recursion). Let Σ...
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that adding a fexpr device to lambda calculus — a device that suppresses rewriting of operands — produces a formal system with a trivial equational theory...
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Service Records (SRV) allows the chaining of multiple records to form complex rewrite rules which produce new domain labels or uniform resource identifiers...
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Expression (mathematics) (category Abstract algebra)
define a calling convention. In rewriting, a reduction strategy or rewriting strategy is a relation specifying a rewrite for each object or term, compatible...
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Propositional formula (redirect from Propositional form)
that have simpler forms, known as normal forms. Some common normal forms include conjunctive normal form and disjunctive normal form. Any propositional...
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Zionism (redirect from Abstract Zionism)
Troen, S. Ilan (2007). "De-Judaizing the Homeland: Academic Politics in Rewriting the History of Palestine". Israel Affairs. 13 (4: Postcolonial Theory...
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Kronecker product (section Abstract properties)
product on Lie algebras, as detailed below (#Abstract properties) in the point "Relation to the abstract tensor product". We have the following formula...
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