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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
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Subject: Re: Hofstadter flame
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In article <12561@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> weemba@brahms.UUCP (Matthew P. Wiener) writes:
>
>To illustrate recursion he picked a complicated example from his thesis in
>physics, saying you can't really understand this but don't worry.  Utterly
>unnecessary and highly irritating.  Binomial coefficients are a much more
>accessible example.

Before he gives the example from physics, he gives examples using Fibonacci
numbers, and transition networks, and graphs.  I don't think there is
anything wrong with giving a complicated example _after_ giving several
simple examples.

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