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<p>In formal reasoning, in particular in <a href="page.php?w=mathematical_logic">mathematical logic</a>, <a href="page.php?w=computer_algebra">computer algebra</a>, and <a href="page.php?w=automated_theorem_proving">automated theorem proving</a>, a <b>fresh variable</b> is a variable that did not occur in the context considered so far.The concept is often used without explanation.</p>

<p>Fresh variables may be used to replace other variables, to eliminate <a href="page.php?w=variable_shadowing">variable shadowing</a> or capture. For instance, in</p><p>
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