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Textbook examples of recursion

Computational Complexity 2008-02-03 v1

Abstract

We discuss properties of recursive schemas related to McCarthy's ``91 function'' and to Takeuchi's triple recursion. Several theorems are proposed as interesting candidates for machine verification, and some intriguing open questions are raised.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cs/9301113,
  title  = {Textbook examples of recursion},
  author = {Donald E. Knuth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/9301113},
  year   = {2008}
}