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Definition of Recursive
1. Adjective. Of or relating to a recursion.
Definition of Recursive
1. Adjective. drawing upon itself, referring back. ¹
2. Adjective. (mathematics not comparable) of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms ¹
3. Adjective. (computing not comparable) of a program or function that calls itself ¹
4. Adjective. (computing theory not comparable of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time ¹
5. Adjective. (computing theory not comparable of a set) whose characteristic function is recursive (4) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Recursive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recursive
Literary usage of Recursive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geometric Computing Science: First Steps by Robert Hermann (1991)
"Another mathematical goal is to generalize Lie theory itself to cover discrete
situations, systems of difference equations and recursive functions After a ..."
2. Partial Evaluation and Automatic Program Generation by Neil D. Jones, Carsten K. Gomard, Peter Sestoft (1993)
"We begin by relating the fundamental assumptions of recursive function theory to
... 16.1 Relations to recursive function theory The partial recursive ..."
3. Effects of Agricultural Commercialization on Land Tenure, Household Resource by Howarth E. Bouis, Lawrence James Haddad (1990)
"SHOULD THE MODEL BE TREATED AS SIMULTANEOUS OR recursive? ... A strong case can
be made for recursive estimation in this situation. ..."
4. Generation of Multi-Resolution Maps by Jonas Persson (1993)
"5.7.3 recursive polygon approximation Examined methods This is a recursive method
that uses some of the theory used for construction of fractal curves ..."
5. Discrete Oscillation Theory by Ravi P. Agarwal (2005)
"Global stability of a certain recursive sequence We will investigate the global
asymptotic ... The result applies to the recursive sequence x(k + l) ..."
6. Time Series and Related Topics by Ching-Zong Wei, Hwai-Chung Ho, Ching-Kang Ing, Tze Leung Lai (2006)
"In this article, we analyze a continuously indexed family of recursive procedures
for ... recursive procedures form an estimate Ot for time t using the ..."
7. Mastering C++ by K. R. Venugopal, Rajkumar Buyya, T. Ravishankar, Shaduli Vanimal (muhammad Ali Shaduli) (1997)
"7.17 recursive Functions Many of the scientific operations are expressed using
recurrence relations. C++ allows the programmers to express such a relation ..."