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why "total" specifically? Partial recursive == partial computable, total recursive == total computable. I'm not aware of any convention requiring recursive functions to be total and computable ones not.
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'''Recursive function''' may refer to:
*[[RecursionRecursive function (computer scienceprogramming)]], a procedure or subroutine, implemented in a programming language, whosefunction implementationwhich references itself
*[[General recursive function]], a computable partial function from natural numbers to natural numbers
*A [[computable function]]
* *[[Primitive recursive function]], a function which can be computed with loops of bounded length
*AAnother name for [[computable function]]
 
==See also==
*[[Recurrence relation]], in mathematics, an equation thatwhich defines a sequence recursivelyfrom initial values
*[[μ-recursive function]], defined from a particular formal model of computable functions using primitive recursion and the μ operator
*[[Recursion theory]], the study of computability
*[[Recurrence relation]], in mathematics, an equation that defines a sequence recursively
 
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