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Our theory of distributed processes, as it was presented in the previous chapters, is a first order theory: We can define states and state changes, but we cannot define changes of state changes. For this purpose, a higher order theory is required.
Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
G. H. Hardy, A Mathematician’s Apology.
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Cap, C.H. (2000). Higher Order Transition Systems. In: A Calculus of Distributed and Parallel Processes. Teubner-Texte zur Informatik, vol 31. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-86763-6_4
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