Function application

In mathematics, function application is the act of applying a function to an argument from its domain so as to obtain the corresponding value from its range.^[1] In this sense, function application can be thought of as the opposite of function abstraction.

^ Alama, Jesse; Korbmacher, Johannes (2023), "The Lambda Calculus", in Zalta, Edward N.; Nodelman, Uri (eds.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2023 ed.), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, retrieved 2024-02-29

[1] Alama, Jesse; Korbmacher, Johannes (2023), "The Lambda Calculus", in Zalta, Edward N.; Nodelman, Uri (eds.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2023 ed.), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, retrieved 2024-02-29

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