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Recursion is a very powerful way to implement solutions to a certain class of problems. This class of problems is one where the overall solution to a problem can be generated by breaking that overall problem down into smaller instances of the same problem. The overall result is then generated by combining together the results obtained for the smaller problems.
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Hunt, J. (2019). Recursion. In: A Beginners Guide to Python 3 Programming. Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20290-3_9
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