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Formal system in mathematical logic

The simply typed lambda calculus, a form of type theory, is a typed interpretation of the lambda calculus with only one type constructor that builds function types. It is the canonical and simplest example of a typed lambda calculus. The simply typed lambda calculus was originally introduced by Alonzo Church in 1940 as an attempt to avoid paradoxical use of the untyped lambda calculus. Wikipedia →

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  2. Skim a recent paper: On Decidable and Undecidable Extensions of Simply Typed Lambda CalculusInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Applications of categories in computer scienceThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Backpropagation in the simply typed lambda-calculus with linear negationCited 23 times
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