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In this article, we study some new characterizations of primitive recursive functions based on restricted forms of primitive recursion, improving the pioneering work of R. M. Robinson and M. D.
Recursion's approach is intriguing, as evidenced by the fact that several of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies ...