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Bassy 06-19-2007 03:49 PM
Recursion and its culture
 
Hallo! The thing is that I have a teacher in college who is compiting for a teacher's place in the faculty and in the contest a guy from the jury asked him "who invented the recursion concept in general? (for mathematics and computer sciences)" So he asked it to me and I got :confused: so if anyone knows please! cuz' it doesn't seem to appear anywhere!!!!

Vielen Dank!

slackhack 06-19-2007 03:57 PM
i'll guess isaac newton. if not him, then probably one of those crazy greeks, like zeno or pythagorus or someone. :D

nx5000 06-19-2007 04:25 PM
Giuseppe Peano?

ErrorBound 06-19-2007 04:39 PM
Quote:
Numerical algorithms are at least as old as the Egyptian Rhind papyrus (c. 1650 BC), which describes a root-finding method for solving a simple equation. Ancient Greek mathematicians made many further advancements in numerical methods. In particular, Eudoxus of Cnidus (c. 400–350 BC) created and Archimedes (c. 285–212/211 BC) perfected the method of exhaustion for calculating lengths, areas, and volumes...
-- http://www.britannica.com/eb/article...rical-analysis


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