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The ''lambda calculus'' is a formal mathematical system for expressing the notion of computation. Most functional programming languages are based upon the lambda calculus.
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Wikipedia has more to say on the matter: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_calculus Lambda calculus at Wikipedia].

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Haskell theoretical foundations

General:
Mathematics - Category theory
Research - Curry/Howard/Lambek

Lambda calculus:
Alpha conversion - Beta reduction
Eta conversion - Lambda abstraction

Other:
Recursion - Combinatory logic
Chaitin's construction - Turing machine
Relational algebra

The lambda calculus is a formal mathematical system for expressing the notion of computation. Most functional programming languages are based upon the lambda calculus.

Wikipedia has more to say on the matter: Lambda calculus at Wikipedia.