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| To make this function be able to be iterated multiple times (on itself), we make the input another pair, where the second value is the 'real' input: \\ | To make this function be able to be iterated multiple times (on itself), we make the input another pair, where the second value is the 'real' input: \\ | ||
| - | $ \phi = \lambda p.PAIR \ (SECOND \ p) \ (SUCC \ (SECOND \ p)) $ \\ | + | $ \phi = \lambda p.((PAIR \ (SECOND \ p)) \ (SUCC \ (SECOND \ p))) $ \\ |
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| This takes a pair ( $ n $, $ (SUCC \ n) $) and returns another pair ($ (SUCC \ n) $, $ (SUCC \ (SUCC \ n)) $ | This takes a pair ( $ n $, $ (SUCC \ n) $) and returns another pair ($ (SUCC \ n) $, $ (SUCC \ (SUCC \ n)) $ | ||
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| Now we can just iterate this **n** times starting with $ N0 $, and we get a pair ($ n - 1 $, $ n $), where the first value is our predecesor: \\ | Now we can just iterate this **n** times starting with $ N0 $, and we get a pair ($ n - 1 $, $ n $), where the first value is our predecesor: \\ | ||
| - | $ PRED = \lambda n.(FIRST \ (n \ (\phi \ (PAIR \ N0 \ N0)))) $ \\ | + | $ PRED = \lambda n.(FIRST \ ((n \ \phi) \ (PAIR \ N0 \ N0))) $ \\ |
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| An alternative solution, that uses a value container is the following (unfortunately, we will not explain this in further detail here): \\ | An alternative solution, that uses a value container is the following (unfortunately, we will not explain this in further detail here): \\ | ||