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 Recursion

Recursion

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Recursion

Recursion is when a function calls itself. For recursion to work there has to be a trivial case where the recursion ends.

Try to identify the trivial case in each example.

Goals:

• Be able to understand and use recursive functions

Objectives:

• Be able to understand and trace a recursive function
• Be able to write a recursive function

Please study the material at each of the links below.

1. Understanding recursion
2. Find half of a number recursively
3. The Towers Problem
4. Fibonacci Sequence

Glossary for recursion lesson