Corecursion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Corecursion is a noun meaning The dual to recursion, that acts on the computed result, rather than the input.
Meaning
The dual to recursion, that acts on the computed result, rather than the input.
Example Sentences
The natural numbers #92;N may be defined by corecursion as #92;#123;0#92;#125;#92;cup#92;#123;n#43;1
Programming languages with lazy evaluation support corecursion so that the programmer can refer to infinite objects.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include recursion, inverse, composite, composition, backcalculation, computation.
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