Additional Primitive Recursive Forms
Some additional forms of recursion also define functions that are in fact primitive recursive. Definitions in these forms may be easier to find or more natural for reading or writing.
Course-of-values recursion defines primitive recursive functions.
Some forms of mutual recursion also define primitive recursive functions.
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