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Recursion is an amazing conceptual tool used in many disciplines such as mathematics, logic, linguistics, computer science, and many others. It helps to solve complex problems in a surprisingly simple way. Its elusive nature makes it fascinating and alluring even in the world of art and design. The following pages are a sort of exploratory walk in the realm of recursion, with special attention to its application in computer graphics.
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Todesco, G.M. (2022). The Tangled Allure of Recursion. In: Emmer, M., Abate, M. (eds) Imagine Math 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92690-8_25
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