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Re: Recursive function

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg83761] Re: Recursive function
• From: Szabolcs Horvát <szhorvat at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:12:42 -0500 (EST)
• References: <fim91k$rpi$1@smc.vnet.net>

Miguel wrote:
> How can I accelerate the execution of the recursive function?. Perhaps
> with Compile?

There is no magical Mathematica function that can speed up execution for 
you.  The function needs to be rewritten to speed it up---whether this 
is possible or not depends on the actual problem.

You might find it this article useful:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tail_recursion>

-- 
Szabolcs