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Yes, recursion is playable

...and is worth 14 points.

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"Recursion" Definition

noun

Mathematics A formula that generates the successive terms of a recursion.
Mathematics An expression, such as a polynomial, each term of which is determined by application of a formula to preceding terms.
The determination of a succession of elements (as numbers or functions) by operation on one or more preceding elements according to a rule or formula involving a finite number of steps.
A computer programming technique involving the use of a procedure, subroutine, function, or algorithm that calls itself one or more times until a specified condition is met at which time the rest of each repetition is processed from the last one called to the first .

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