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Recursion is the process of repeating items in a self-similar way.
Recursion may also refer to
- Recursion (computer science), a method where the solution to a problem depends on solutions to smaller instances of the same problem
- Recurrence relation, a recursive formula for a sequence of numbers
- Mathematical induction, a method of proof also called "proof by recursion"
- Recursion, a 2004 science fiction novel by Tony Ballantyne
- Recursion (Crouch novel), a 2019 science fiction novel by Blake Crouch
- Recursive science fiction, science fiction about science fiction
