Corecursion

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The dual to recursion, that acts on the computed result, rather than the input. uncountable

    "The natural numbers #92;N may be defined by corecursion as #92;#123;0#92;#125;#92;cup#92;#123;n#43;1"

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"The natural numbers #92;N may be defined by corecursion as #92;#123;0#92;#125;#92;cup#92;#123;n#43;1"

Etymology

From co- + recursion.

Related phrases

co recursive

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