11.13 - Summary
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Practice Questions
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What does recursion mean in programming?
💡 Hint: Think about how you can break down problems.
Define a base case in recursion.
💡 Hint: It's how recursion knows when to stop.
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What is recursion?
💡 Hint: Think about functions that self-reference.
True or False: Recursive functions must always have a base case.
💡 Hint: Consider the definition of a base case.
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Write a recursive function to compute the nth Fibonacci number and explain its time complexity.
💡 Hint: Consider how many times a number appears in the function calls.
Analyze the space complexity of a recursive function and how it differs from an iterative version.
💡 Hint: What happens to the call stack during each recursive call?
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