recursion

algorithmic technique in computer science of solving a problem by reducing it to a smaller instance of the same problem
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recursion

Summary

recursion is a computer science term[1]. recursion draws 280 Wikipedia views per month (computer_science_term category, ranking #15 of 87).[2]

Key Facts

  • recursion's instance of is recorded as computer science term[3].
  • recursion's instance of is recorded as algorithmic paradigm[4].
  • recursion's subclass of is recorded as algorithm[5].
  • recursion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bf6wn[6].
  • recursion's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/recursion[7].
  • recursion's has characteristic is recorded as recursion[8].
  • recursion's has characteristic is recorded as self-reference[9].
  • recursion's uses is recorded as subroutine call[10].
  • recursion's studied by is recorded as algorithmics[11].
  • recursion's MathWorld ID is recorded as Recursion[12].
  • recursion's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as rekursjon_-_programmering[13].
  • recursion's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as recursion[14].
  • recursion's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[15].
  • recursion's Fandom article ID is recorded as code:Recursion[16].
  • recursion's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 168773036[17].
  • recursion's Semantic Scholar topic ID is recorded as 2419[18].
  • recursion's De Agostini ID is recorded as ricorsività[19].
  • recursion's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/4885[20].
  • recursion's Encyclopedia of Mathematics article ID is recorded as Recursion[21].
  • recursion's Treccani's Enciclopedia della Matematica ID is recorded as ricorsione[22].
  • recursion's Enciclopedia della Scienza e della Tecnica ID is recorded as ricorsione[23].
  • recursion's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C168773036[24].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include computer science term[3] and algorithmic paradigm[4].

Why It Matters

recursion draws 280 Wikipedia views per month (computer_science_term category, ranking #15 of 87).[2] recursion has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] recursion is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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