Associations to the word «Recursion»

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

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche