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recursion

recursion (rî-kûr´zhen) noun
Mathematics.
1.An expression, such as a polynomial, each term of which is determined by application of a formula to preceding terms.
2.A formula that generates the successive terms of a recursion.

[Late Latin recursio, recursion-, a running back, from Latin recursus, past participle of recurrere, to run back.]
- recur´sive adjective

recursion

recursion (re-kur'zhen) noun
The ability of a routine to call itself. Recursion enables certain algorithms to be implemented with small, simple routines, but it does not guarantee speed or efficiency. Erroneous use of recursion can cause a program to run out of stack space during execution, causing the program, and sometimes the entire system, to crash.

The fractal   attractor of recursion as a self-feeding implosion among waves, known emotionally as glandular compassion becomes the only centering force among waves.  The harmonic content among biological oscillators which indicates the onset of this self-aware condition is clearly coherence optimized by recursion. - Dan Winter

film _Fight Club_ (vhs/ntsc)

During his night job as a projectionist, Tyler is always splicing in objectionable frames into family films. Interestingly enough, he's actually spliced himself into the movie Fight Club. Watch closely and keep your finger on the pause button, and you might catch him. Here's where Tyler is hidden:

• Approximately 4 minutes into the film. Jack is at the copier machine. Just as he says the line, "a copy of a copy of a copy," Tyler can be glimpsed in front of the copier machine.
• Approximately 6 1/2 minutes into the film. Jack is asking the doctor about his insomnia, and the doc reccomends he swing by the support group for men with testicular cancer. As the doc says the line, "That's pain," Tyler appears next to the doctor.
• Approximately 7 1/2 minutes into the film. At the support group, the leader says it is time for the one-on-ones. After the line, "and really open ourselves up," Tyler appears next to the leader with his arm around him.
• Approximately 12 1/2 minutes into the film. Jack follows Marla out of the support group. As she's walking away, just before the line, "next Group, after guided meditation..." Tyler appears in the distance, in front of Marla.
• Tyler makes another cameo about 20 minutes into the film, when Jack is in his hotel room, talking about "single serving friends." When the hotel staff appears on the TV saying, "Welcome!", look at the guy on the far right. It's Mr. Durden himself.

• book _Godel, Escher, Bach: The Eternal Golden Braid_ by Douglas Hofstadter
• IDM track _Recursion_ MP3 (192k) by Jega off of _Geometry_ 12"x2 on Planet Mu #012 (2000)
• book _The Recursive Universe_ by William Poundstone
• push, pop, stack
• fractals
• contemporary jazz track _A Story Within The Story_ MP3 (160k) by Pat Metheny off of _Imaginary Day_ (1997)
• garage blues release _Trance States In Tongues_ on by Zen Guerrilla on Sub Pop (1999)
  • cover depicts recursion
  • 7. _Cold Duck_ MP3
• release _Moving Pictures_ 12" by Rush (1980)
• cover depicts family in tears while movers carry framed paintings.  back cover depicts the whole scene as a film in making.

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