Normal Form

Normal form may refer to:

  • Normal form (abstract rewriting)
  • Normal form (databases)
  • Normal form (game theory)
  • Normal form (mathematics)

In formal language theory:

  • Beta normal form
  • Chomsky normal form
  • Greibach normal form
  • Kuroda normal form
  • Normal form (abstract rewriting), an element of a rewrite system which cannot be further rewritten

In logic:

  • Algebraic normal form
  • Clausal normal form
  • Conjunctive normal form
  • Negation normal form
  • Prenex normal form
  • Skolem normal form

In lambda calculus:

  • Beta normal form

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