Essentials: Functional Programming's Y Combinator - Computerphile

Encoding recursion in the Lambda calculus, one of Professor Graham Hutton's favourite functions.

Lambda Calculus: https://youtu.be/eis11j_iGMs
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Many thanks to Microsoft Research UK for their support with the 'Essentials' mini-series.

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This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

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