Normal form (abstract rewriting) 2026-10-14
An expression in normal form admits no further reductions. A term is strongly normalizing when every reduction sequence from it terminates; weak normalization requires only one terminating sequence. Strong normalization theorem for simply typed lambda calculus establishes the stronger property for well-typed terms.
Strong normalization theorem for simply typed lambda calculus Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
This theorem establishes strong normalization in the normal form sense. Every well-typed simply typed lambda term admits no infinite beta-reduction sequence.