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Math · Intermediate
Recursion & Recurrences
Some problems are easiest to solve by assuming you can already solve a smaller version. Crack the Tower of Hanoi, turn step-by-step rules into closed formulas, find a formula for the Fibonacci numbers, meet the Collatz conjecture (a recursive puzzle nobody has solved), find where repeated processes settle, and count tilings and brackets recursively.
7 lessons~35 min0/7 complete
Start courseHelpful background: Sequences & Series
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Thinking Recursively
Big problems from small ones.
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Famous Recurrences
Fibonacci and Collatz.
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Recursion at Work
Steady states and counting.