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Self-application in arithmetic
- Apply the standard lambda calculus divergent expression to Godel numbers:
- Subst(x, x)
- This is a formula with one free variable.
- Its Godel number:
- 52_86_67_84_85_09_89_13_89_10
- (I.e., 52866784850989138910)
- “Subst(x, x)” is suggestive of “lamba x: x(x)”