##  [Confluence](/confluence) 

  ##  [Confluence](https://mathlogic.quantumdictionary.io/confluence-0) 

  

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Definition

A property of a rewriting or reduction system stating that whenever a term can be reduced by two (possibly different) sequences to terms s and t, there exists a term u to which both s and t can further reduce (i.e., s ↓ u and t ↓ u). Confluence is often called the Church–Rosser property.