Factorials
Explore how recursion can be used to calculate factorials in Python. Understand the concept of calling a function within itself, learn about base cases, and see how recursion differs from iterative methods. This lesson helps you grasp the power and challenges of recursion through a classic example.
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Recursive computation of factorials
This example is a slight cliché, but it is still a good illustration of both the beauty and pitfalls of recursion.
The factorial of an integer, , is the product of all the integers between and . For example, six factorial (usually written ) is:
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