recursion

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noun

(mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation

Recursion in a sentence

n! = n × (n − 1)! (for n > 0) or 1 (for n = 0) defines the factorial function using recursion.

This function uses recursion to compute factorials.

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