Tag Archives: category theory

Mgu’s and universal properties

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Brent

Warning, poorly-explained categorical rambling follows… The most general unifier (mgu) of two expressions and is a substitution for which , such that every other substitution for which can be expressed as for some . For example, the most general unifier … Continue reading →

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Patch theory, part II: some basics

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Brent

(Previous posts here, and here.) So, let’s talk about patch theory! I should start by saying that I have obviously drawn a lot of ideas and inspiration from darcs, and especially from the wikibook explanation of darcs patch theory, but … Continue reading →

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