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171 changes: 145 additions & 26 deletions README.md
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# Recursion Problems

## Definitions
Define the following:
Define the following:

- Recursion
- Recursive Case
- Base Case
- Activation Chain/Stack
- Activation Record/Call
- Infinite Recursion/Stack Overflow/Stack too deep
- Tail Recursion
- Recursion : A method that calls itself
- Recursive Case : A problem that divides the problem into a smaller problem
- Base Case : A problem that can be solved immediately(stopping case)
- Activation Chain/Stack : When you draw the whole process with bubbles(Activation Record) to figure out the recursive case, this whole thing is called Activation Chain(Entire process to solve a recursive algorithm).
- Activation Record/Call : Individual bubbles in Activation Chain(each method call)
- Infinite Recursion/Stack Overflow/Stack too deep : A Recursive algorithm that never his a Base Case.
- Tail Recursion :

## Tracing through a recursive method

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end
```

- What is mystery1(5)?
- What is mystery1(10)?
- What is mystery1(0)?
- What is mystery1(5)? 15
5+m(4)
4+m(3)
3+m(2)
2+m(1)
1

- What is mystery1(10)? 55
10+m(9)
9+m(8)
8+m(7)
7+m(6)
6+m(5)
5+m(4)
4+m(3)
3+m(2)
2+m(1)
1

- What is mystery1(0)? stack over flow


### Trace #2
```
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end
```

- What is mystery2(123)?
- What is mystery2(9005)?
- What is mystery2(-123)?
- What is mystery2(123)? 6
3+m2(12)
2+m2(1)
1

- What is mystery2(9005)? 14
5+m2(900)
0+m2(90)
0+m2(9)
9

- What is mystery2(-123)? -123

- _Added Fun: How could we make `mystery2(-123)` work the way we might expect it to work instead of the way it does?_

### Trace #3
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end
```

- What is mystery3(1)?
- What is mystery3(13)?
- What is mystery3(-6)?
- What is mystery3(1)? 100
m3(1)
m3(0)
100
- What is mystery3(13)? 100
m3(13)
m3(12)
m3(6)
m3(3)
m3(2)
m3(1)
m3(0)
100
- What is mystery3(-6)? 200
m3(-6)
m3(-3)
m3(-2)
m3(-1)
200

### Trace #4
```
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end
```

- What is mystery4(10,2)?
- What is mystery4(4,3)?
- What is mystery4(5,0)?
- What is mystery4(10,2)? 100
m4(10,2)
10 * m4(10,1)
10 * m4(10,0)
1

- What is mystery4(4,3)? 64
m4(4,3)
4 * m4(4,2)
4 * m4(4,1)
4 * m4(4,0)
1
- What is mystery4(5,0)? 1
m4(5,0)
1

### Trace #5
```
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end
```

- What is mystery5("hi")?
- What is mystery5("")?
- What is mystery5("Hi, there!")?
- What is mystery5("hi")? "**"
m5("hi")
* + m5(i)
* + ""

- What is mystery5("")? ""
m5("")
""
- What is mystery5("Hi, there!")? "**********"
* + m5("i, there!")
* + m5(", there!")
* + m5(" there!")
* + m5("there!")
* + m5("here!")
* + m5("ere!")
* + m5("re!")
* + m5("e!")
* + m5("!")
* + m5("")
""

- _Added Fun: How could we make only alphabetic characters to be changed to stars?_

def mystery5_added_fun(s)
if s.length == 0
return ""
else
if s[0] == " "
return " " + mystery5_added_fun(s[1..-1])
else
return "*" + mystery5_added_fun(s[1..-1])
end
end
end

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### Trace #6
```
def mystery6(s)
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end
```

- What is mystery6("goodnight moon")?
- What is mystery6("Ada Developers Academy")?
- What is mystery6("Hi, there!")?
- What is mystery6("goodnight moon")? " moon goodnight"

m6("goodnight moon")
= m6("moon") + " " + "goodnight"

m6("moon") = m6(nil) + " " + "moon"

m6("goodnight moon") = m6(nil) + " " + "moon" + " " + "goodnight"
= " moon goodnight"


- What is mystery6("Ada Developers Academy")? " Academy Developers Ada"

m6("Ada Developers Academy")
= m6("Developers Academy") + " " + "Ada"

m6("Developers Academy")
= m6("Academy") + " " + "Developers"

m6("Academy") = m6(nil) + " " + "Academy"

m6("Ada Developers Academy") = " Academy Developers Ada"


- What is mystery6("Hi, there!")? " there! Hi,"


- _Added Fun: How could we make the reversal happen by letter, instead of by word (i.e. Make it so that mystery6("goodnight moon") returned "noom thgindoog")?_

def mystery6_added_fun(s)
if s == "" || s.length == 0
return ""
else
space = s.length - 1
return s[space] + mystery6_added_fun(s[0...space])
end
end

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