Recursion is a computer science. Typically computer programers write a specific program to test out a theory of recursion based on the known facts to try to define the variable.

Recursion is the process where one large problem is solved by solving several smaller problems. This applies to computer science, as trial and error and bug fixes are needed to get a finished product.

By definition, recursion means the repeated application of a recursive definition or procedure. It is used to define an object in terms of itself in computer science and mathematical logic.

Wim H. Hesselink has written:

'Programs, Recursion and Unbounded Choice (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science)'

'Programs, recursion, and unbounded choice' -- subject(s): Computer programming

Mitchell Wand has written:

'Induction, recursion, and programming' -- subject(s): Computer programming, Induction (Mathematics), Recursion theory