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Chapter 2: Function & Recursion

The document discusses recursion and different types of recursion. It covers the Hanoi tower example of recursion, stack overheads in recursion, writing recursive functions by specifying conditions and expressions, and different types of recursion including linear, tail, binary, exponential, nested, and mutual recursion. Examples are provided for each type.

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Chapter 2: Function & Recursion

The document discusses recursion and different types of recursion. It covers the Hanoi tower example of recursion, stack overheads in recursion, writing recursive functions by specifying conditions and expressions, and different types of recursion including linear, tail, binary, exponential, nested, and mutual recursion. Examples are provided for each type.

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CHAPTER 2: FUNCTION & RECURSION

 7. RECURSION
CHAPTER 2: FUNCTION & RECURSION

 7. RECURSION:
Hanoi tower
CHAPTER 2: FUNCTION & RECURSION

 7. RECURSION
CHAPTER 2: FUNCTION & RECURSION

 8. STACK OVERHEADS IN RECURSION


– two important results: the depth of recursion and
the stack overheads in recursion
CHAPTER 2: FUNCTION & RECURSION

 9. WRITING A RECURSIVE FUNCTION


– Recursion enables us to write a program in a
natural way. The speed of a recursive program
is slower because of stack overheads.
– In a recursive program you have to specify
recursive conditions, terminating conditions, and
recursive expressions.
CHAPTER 2: FUNCTION & RECURSION

 10. TYPES OF RECURSION


– LINEAR RECURSION
– TAIL RECURSION
– BINARY RECURSION
– EXPONENTIAL RECURSION
– NESTED RECURSION
– MUTUAL RECURSION
CHAPTER 2: FUNCTION & RECURSION

 10. TYPES OF RECURSION


– LINEAR RECURSION
 only makes a single call to itself each time the
function runs

CHAPTER 2: FUNCTION & RECURSION

 10. TYPES OF RECURSION


– TAIL RECURSION
 Tail recursion is a form of linear recursion.
 In tail recursion, the recursive call is the last thing
the function does. Often, the value of the recursive
call is returned.
CHAPTER 2: FUNCTION & RECURSION

 10. TYPES OF RECURSION


– BINARY RECURSION
 Some recursive functions don't just have one call to
themself, they have two (or more).
CHAPTER 2: FUNCTION & RECURSION

 10. TYPES OF RECURSION


– EXPONENTIAL RECURSION
 An exponential recursive function is one that, if you
were to draw out a representation of all the function
calls, would have an exponential number of calls in
relation to the size of the data set
 (exponential meaning if there were n elements, there
would be O(an) function calls where a is a positive
number)
CHAPTER 2: FUNCTION & RECURSION

 10. TYPES OF RECURSION


– EXPONENTIAL RECURSION
CHAPTER 2: FUNCTION & RECURSION

 10. TYPES OF RECURSION


– NESTED RECURSION
 In nested recursion, one of the arguments to the
recursive function is the recursive function itself
 These functions tend to grow extremely fast.

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