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Turing fixed-point combinator (Θ)

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Put D=λxf.f(xxf) and Θ=DD. Then Θf→β∗​f(Θf). Unlike the Curry fixed-point combinator, every finite reduct retains a closed subterm DD. Contracting this subterm recreates one; every other generated redex substitutes a variable and preserves it. The Church-Rosser theorem therefore proves Y≡β​Θ.

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