Kleene's recursion theorem (English, name)
expansion: Kleene's recursion theorem (plural Kleene's recursion theorems)
Senses:
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Either of are a pair of fundamental results about the application of computable functions to their own descriptions. They can be applied to construct fixed points of certain operations on computable functions, to generate quines, and to construct functions defined via recursive definitions.
Forms:
form: Kleene's recursion theorems
tags: plural