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Does Recursive Functions lead to Contradiction?
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Does Recursive Functions lead to Contradiction?
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Does Recursive Functions lead to Contradiction?
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Principia Mathematica says a function f cannot be defined in terms of itself - it leads to contradiction. This contradicts mathematics, which allow recursive functions.
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The contradiction only exists if you end up with a circular argument.
Can you please give an example of where this occurs with a recursive function, rather than the function being called as part of an algorithm or computation?
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