primitive recursion
Mathematics
noun
The process of defining a function of the natural numbers by induction, given the value of the function for a particular value of the argument, or (equivalently) by simple recursion formulae.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. Translating German primitive Rekursion.
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