"Church-Rosser theorem" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Church-Rosser theorem [canonical]
Etymology: Introduced by Alonzo Church and J. Barkley-Rosser in a 1936 paper. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1}} the Church-Rosser theorem
  1. (mathematics, computing theory) A theorem stating that, when applying reduction rules to terms in the lambda calculus, the ordering in which the reductions are chosen makes no difference to the eventual result. Wikipedia link: Church-Rosser theorem Categories (topical): Mathematics, Theory of computing

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