a formula for determining the next term of a sequence from one or more of the preceding terms
recursion formula in American English
noun
Math
a formula for determining the next term of a sequence from one or more of the precedingterms
Also called: recurrence formula
Word origin
[1925–30]This word is first recorded in the period 1925–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: chain reaction, distinctive feature, gimmick, off-line, recycle
Examples of 'recursion formula' in a sentence
recursion formula
The existing methods for such coalescence inference use recursion formula to compute the data probabilities.
Ao Yuan, Gengsheng Qin, Wenqing He, Qizhai Li 2014, 'On Coalescence Analysis Using Genealogy Rooted Trees', Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/194202. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)