👉 In computer science, a recursive function is a mathematical function that calls itself as part of its own definition. This means that a recursive function will call itself repeatedly until it reaches a base case or when the function has reached a certain number of levels.
For example, consider the following Python code:
```python
def factorial(n):
if n == 0:
return 1
else:
return n
factorial(n - 1)
```
In this code, `factorial