[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

recursion \recur"sion\ -sh?n, n. l. recursio. see recur.
   the act of recurring; return. obs. --boyle.
   1913 webster
see also:
recur 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

recursion
     n : mathematics an expression such that each term is generated
         by repeating a particular mathematical operation

[3] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

recursion n. see recursion. see also tail recursion.


see also:
recursion tail recursion 

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

recursion
     
         when a function or procedure
        calls itself.  such a function is called "recursive".  if the
        call is via one or more other functions then this group of
        functions are called "mutually recursive".
     
        if a function will always call itself, however it is called,
        then it will never terminate.  usually however, it first
        performs some test on its arguments to check for a "base case"
        - a condition under which it can return a value without
        calling itself.
     
        the canonical example of a recursive function is
        factorial:
     
        	factorial 0 = 1
        	factorial n = n  factorial n-1
     
        functional programming languages rely heavily on recursion,
        using it where a procedural language would use iteration.
     
        see also recursion, recursive definition, tail recursion.
     
        jargon file
     
        1996-05-11
     
     
see also:
function procedure canonical factorial functional programming languages procedural language 
iteration recursion recursive definition tail recursion jargon file 

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