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What does recursion mean?

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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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Another component is a more mathematical concept called recursion and the ability to imbed structures within structures.
Reportedly only the BIG-IP LTM MSM module configured for local bind has recursion enabled by default.
Its used in all sorts of things in calculus where recursion is necessary, like differential equations.
This link guides to a students report from a lesson about recursion and the Sierpinski triangle in German language.
This algorithm is based on a recursion similar to that of the peeling algorithm.
His work is of major importance in mathematical logic, recursion theory and in theoretical computer science.

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