base case

English

Noun

base case (plural base cases)

  1. The part of a recursive definition or algorithm that is not defined in terms of itself.
  2. The basis in mathematical induction, showing that a statement holds when n is equal to the lowest value that n is given in the question (usually 0 or 1).
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