Top "Recurrence" questions

A recurrence relation is an equation that recursively defines a sequence, once one or more initial terms are given: each further term of the sequence is defined as a function of the preceding terms.

Understanding recursion in Python

I'm really trying to wrap my brain around how recursion works and understand recursive algorithms. For example, the code below …

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Solving a recurrence relation using iteration method

Consider this example : T(n) = T(7n/8) + 2n I assumed T(1) = 0 and tried to solve it in the following way …

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Counting heads - Dynamic Programming

Problem: Given integers n and k, along with p1,p2,..., pn; where pi ε [0, 1], you want to determine the probability of …

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Substitution method for solving recurrences

First of all sorry for asking such a basic question. But I am having difficulties understanding substitution method for solving …

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