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The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

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Normalization and Termination in Term Rewriting Systems

The chapter explores the distinction between normalizing systems and strongly normalizing systems in term rewriting systems. It highlights the fact that applying Boolean algebraic transformations on an initial expression does not guarantee termination of every path in a multi-way system. The speakers delve into the process of converting functions into rules and discuss the evaluation of expressions in this context.

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