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Section 5.1 Objectives
The goals for this chapter are as follows:
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To understand that complex problems that may otherwise be difficult to solve may have a simple recursive solution.
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To learn how to formulate programs recursively.
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To understand and apply the three laws of recursion.
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To understand recursion as a form of iteration.
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To implement the recursive formulation of a problem.
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To understand how recursion is implemented by a computer system.
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