Associations to the word «Recursion»
Noun
- Cache
- Continuation
- Operator
- Graph
- Psychologist
- Mathematics
- Calculation
- Mathematic
- Vertex
- Mathematician
- Procedure
- Relation
- Query
- Array
- Numbering
- Depth
- Newton
- Processing
- Input
- Filter
- Numbers
- Language
- Divide
- Formulation
- Clause
- Forward
- Computer
- Partition
- Linguistics
- Solution
- Transformation
- Argument
- Value
- Vector
- Notion
- Handling
- Constraint
- Counting
- Sentence
- Call
- Closure
- Method
- Data
- Mu
- Structure
- Transform
- Context
- Evaluation
- Rule
- Output
- Step
- Sum
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
RECURSION, noun. The act of recurring.
RECURSION, noun. (mathematics) The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself.
RECURSION, noun. (computing) The calling of a function from within that same function.
RECURSION THEORY, noun. (logic) A branch of mathematical logic studying computable functions and Turing degrees, concerned with questions such as "What does it mean for a function from the natural numbers to themselves to be computable?" and "Can noncomputable functions be classified into a hierarchy based on their level of noncomputability?".
Dictionary definition
RECURSION, noun. (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation.
Wise words
Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you
love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You
have to get up in the morning and write something you love,
something to live for.