Base case can refer to:
- A case of a recursive definition that is not defined in terms of itself
- The basis in mathematical induction, showing that a statement holds when n is equal to the lowest value that n is given in the question (usually, n = 0 or n = 1)
Famous quotes containing the words base and/or case:
“Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)
“It is often the case that the man who can’t tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)