 Curry fixed-point combinator (source code)

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= Curry fixed-point combinator
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With $A_f=\lambda x.f(xx)$, the <combinator> $Y=\lambda f.A_fA_f$ satisfies $Yf\equiv_\beta f(Yf)$. Every finite reduct of $Y$ is, up to <alpha equivalence>, $\lambda f.f^n(A_fA_f)$: the remaining copy of $A_fA_f$ is its only <beta-redex>.

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