Definition of Recursive definition

1. Noun. (mathematics) a definition of a function from which values of the function can be calculated in a finite number of steps.

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Generic synonyms: Definition

Definition of Recursive definition

1. Noun. (semantics) A definition of a term within which the term itself appears, and that is well-founded, avoiding an infinite regress. ¹

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Literary usage of Recursive definition

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Partial Evaluation and Automatic Program Generation by Neil D. Jones, Carsten K. Gomard, Peter Sestoft (1993)
"(te tei, ps, pd, p, fe) n Note that the recursive definition of 72, has finite depth since in the definition of 72,(te, ps, Pd, P, t), the recursive ..."

2. Concrete Abstractions: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Scheme by Max Hailperin, Barbara Kaiser, Karl Knight (1999)
"We can give a recursive definition of a PMSE: PMSE: A PMSE is a symbol, a number, a string, a boolean, ..."

3. Distributions with Fixed Marginals and Related Topics by Ludger Rüschendorf, Berthold Schweizer, Michael Dee Taylor (1996)
"This follows directly from the recursive definition and shifting of indices by adding j — 1 to all indices in (2.3) and letting m — k - j + 1. ..."

4. Mastering C++ by K. R. Venugopal, Rajkumar Buyya, T. Ravishankar, Shaduli Vanimal (muhammad Ali Shaduli) (1997)
"The recursive definition for computing the factorial of a number can be expressed as follows: f 1 if n = 0 "| n * fact( nl), otherwise Recursion, ..."

5. Geometric Computing Science: First Steps by Robert Hermann (1991)
"... let us add to (13.1) and (13.3) a primitive recursive definition of “f” and “K;” say, relations of the following form: f (n + 1, x, ..."

6. Workflow-Based Process Controlling by Michael Zur Muehlen (2004)
"In order to avoid a homonym conflict and a misleading recursive definition, the term evaluation has been chosen for the translation. ..."

7. An Introduction to Continuity, Extrema, and Related Topics for General by Robert J. Adler (1990)
"Since the recursive definition of the bn implies that it follows that n = 0 which converges for small enough a. 1.2 An interesting side result ..."

8. Trusted Network Interpretation of the Trusted Computer System Evaluation (1994)
"These rules permit the recursive definition of a component based on the MAC Policy. The MAC Composition Rules are divided into two sections. ..."

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