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What does recursion mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word recursion? Here's what it means.

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  1. The act of recurring.
  2. (mathematics) The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself.
  3. (computing) The calling of a function from within that same function.
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The choice should be a function of the background of the audience, and especially their understanding of some basic concepts like iteration and recursion.
Its used in all sorts of things in calculus where recursion is necessary, like differential equations.
If that's true, the evolution of recursion may have brought modern language into existence.
The most important aspect of functional languages in with no doubts the recursion.
This algorithm is based on a recursion similar to that of the peeling algorithm.
Finally, lifetime incomes are calculated by a backwards recursion, starting with age 74, which is the oldest age before retirement.

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