(definition)
Definition: A method to analyze the complexity of an algorithm by diagramming the recursive function calls.
Formal Definition: A recursion tree T(p) of degree p is either (i) null or (ii) has p children which are recursion trees.
Note: Also known as an "R-tree".
Author: PEB
After [GCG92] and [CLR90, page 59]. Suggested by Rama Maiti, 19 August 2001.
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Entry modified 4 January 2005.
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Paul E. Black, "recursion tree", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 4 January 2005. (accessed TODAY)
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