Database System Concepts
Database System Concepts
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780078022159
Author: Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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  • Using Python
  • Recursion is the concept of a function calling itself until the problem is solved when the Base Case is met.
  • Study Recursion: See slides in Modules, Practice Slides, lab12 and also Recursion is in chapter 9 of the textbook.
  • Some examples of recursion are: compute [ factorial of a number, towers of Hanoi, fractals (as shown in the textbook), and many more].
  • Example: See slides Page 2
  • For this assignment we'll use Collatz Cojecture (see Wikipedia).
  • Collatz Conjecture algorithm:
  • Given a number n, first call to the function: f(n):
  • In the function:
  • if n == 1 return 1:
  • if n is even then f(n/2), i.e. call self with the new value.
  • else (n is odd) call self with the new value, f((n*3)+1) and repeat. All numbers eventually end up with 1.
  • The program should test for the base case which is: if n == 1, in which case it returns to the caller with 1.
  • This problem is perfect to demonstrate Recursion.
    Create a list with random numbers (you can just do this part manually) in the list as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 digit numbers, one or two of each.
  • Call the function from a loop going through the list with the numbers.
  • Program should print each new number and at the end print the numbers of recursive calls.
  • Example:
  • Please enter an integer: 11
    11
    34
    17.0
    52.0
    26.0
    13.0
    40.0
    20.0
    10.0
    5.0
    16.0
    8.0
    4.0
    2.0
    1.0 num visits: 15
  • If you try this with 9, you'll see it will take more recursions.
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