Chapter 6: Lambda expressions

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics eBooks 2026 Book chapter

View at publisher
Authors: Victor L. Eijkhout
DOI: 10.1137/1.9781611978612.ch6
Cited by: 0

Abstract

In this chapter we will look at lambda expressions, which we can roughly consider as a way of writing a function definition inline. There are two important motivations for this.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Logic programming and type systems Teaching and Learning Programming Mathematical and Computational Methods

Publication details

Journal / source
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics eBooks
Pages
55–65
Publication date
19 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Book chapter