Author and Citation Information for "Recursive Functions"
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Odifreddi, Piergiorgio; Cooper, S. Barry, "Recursive Functions", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/recursive-functions/>.
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Older versions of "Recursive Functions" are available in the following editions:
- Summer 2020 (new, rewritten entry) [new author(s): Dean, Walter]
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- Summer 2012 (substantive content change) [new author(s): Odifreddi, Piergiorgio; Cooper, S. Barry]
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- Summer 2007 (minor correction)
- Summer 2005 (first archived) [author: Odifreddi, Piergiorgio]
BibTeX Citation String (Summer 2017 Archive Edition)
@InCollection{sep-recursive-functions,
author = {Dean, Walter},
title = {{Recursive Functions}},
booktitle = {The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
editor = {Edward N. Zalta},
howpublished = {\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/recursive-functions/}},
year = {2017},
edition = {{S}ummer 2017},
publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}
BibTeX Citation String (Current Version in Spring 2021 Archive)
There are over 50 BibTeX styles and no standard format that is guaranteed to work for all 50. So, we suggest you use our string as a 'useful suggestion' that might need to be adapted for your particular BibTeX file. Also note that the double braces around the title is to preserve capitalization. You may wish to edit that as well.
@InCollection{sep-recursive-functions,
author = {Dean, Walter},
title = {{Recursive Functions}},
booktitle = {The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
editor = {Edward N. Zalta},
howpublished = {\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2021/entries/recursive-functions/}},
year = {2021},
edition = {{S}pring 2021},
publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}

