Starting Out with Python (4th Edition)

4th Edition

ISBN: 9780134444321

Author: Tony Gaddis

Publisher: PEARSON

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Ch. 12.2 - It is said that a recursive algorithm has more...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 2CP Ch. 12.2 - What is a recursive case?Ch. 12.2 - What causes a recursive algorithm to stop calling...Ch. 12.2 - What is direct recursion? What is indirect...Ch. 12 - Prob. 1MC Ch. 12 - A function is called once from a program's main...Ch. 12 - Prob. 3MC Ch. 12 - Prob. 4MC Ch. 12 - Prob. 5MC

Ch. 12 - Prob. 6MC Ch. 12 - Any problem that can be solved recursively can...Ch. 12 - Actions taken by the computer when a function is...Ch. 12 - A recursive algorithm must _______ in the...Ch. 12 - A recursive algorithm must ______ in the base...Ch. 12 - An algorithm that uses a loop will usually run...Ch. 12 - Some problems can be solved through recursion...Ch. 12 - It is not necessary to have a base case in all...Ch. 12 - In the base case, a recursive method calls itself...Ch. 12 - In Program 12-2 , presented earlier in this...Ch. 12 - In this chapter, the rules given for calculating...Ch. 12 - Is recursion ever required to solve a problem?...Ch. 12 - When recursion is used to solve a problem, why...Ch. 12 - How is a problem usually reduced with a recursive...Ch. 12 - What will the following program display? def...Ch. 12 - Prob. 2AW Ch. 12 - The following function uses a loop. Rewrite it as...Ch. 12 - Prob. 1PE Ch. 12 - Prob. 2PE Ch. 12 - Prob. 3PE Ch. 12 - Largest List Item Design a function that accepts a...Ch. 12 - Recursive List Sum Design a function that accepts...Ch. 12 - Prob. 6PE Ch. 12 - Prob. 7PE Ch. 12 - Ackermann's Function Ackermann's Function is a...

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