16 Jun 2013 10:09

## Help me understand general recursion from cata- and anamorphism

In an attempt to understand why cata- and anamorphisms are considered so important, I found multiple implications that you can write any recursive functions in terms of nonrecursive functions and ana, cata (am I right here?) so I'm trying to practice the rewrite by a few functions. I'm following a recipe found here:

http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/4290

~~~
Given a function that recurses on itself, do a partial CPS transform so that it only ever recurses on itself with tail calls. Then, convert the recursive calls to codata returns, so that the function either returns TheAnswer or StillWorking with enough parameters to describe the recursive call / continuation state. This codata can be built with an unfold and can be collapsed back down to the final answer with a fold.
~~~

https://github.com/nushio3/practice/blob/master/lens/banana/CollatzTest.hs
https://github.com/nushio3/practice/blob/master/lens/banana/FibTest.hs

I find it difficult to understand the terminology, and the above attempts are only halfway done. I guess ( TheAnswer or StillWorking ) structure is the one found in iteratee/enumeratee. But I don't know how to "build a codata with unfold."

Best,

--
Takayuki MURANUSHI
The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University
http://www.hakubi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/02_mem/h22/muranushi.html
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23 Jun 2013 11:06

### Re: Help me understand general recursion from cata- and anamorphism

After learning fix-point operators, I found an answer by myself.

```
fibBase :: (Integer -> Integer) -> Integer -> Integer
fibBase fib n
| n <= 1 = 1
| otherwise = fib (n-1) + fib (n-2)

fibWithFix :: Integer -> Integer
fibWithFix = fix fibBase
```

I can say `fibBase` is free of recursion, despite the facts that apparently it uses a name `fib` on RHS which it binds on the LHS, and that the entire structure seems very similar to the recursive version of `fib` .

2013/6/16 Takayuki Muranushi
In an attempt to understand why cata- and anamorphisms are considered so important, I found multiple implications that you can write any recursive functions in terms of nonrecursive functions and ana, cata (am I right here?) so I'm trying to practice the rewrite by a few functions. I'm following a recipe found here:

http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/4290

~~~
Given a function that recurses on itself, do a partial CPS transform so that it only ever recurses on itself with tail calls. Then, convert the recursive calls to codata returns, so that the function either returns TheAnswer or StillWorking with enough parameters to describe the recursive call / continuation state. This codata can be built with an unfold and can be collapsed back down to the final answer with a fold.
~~~

https://github.com/nushio3/practice/blob/master/lens/banana/CollatzTest.hs
https://github.com/nushio3/practice/blob/master/lens/banana/FibTest.hs

I find it difficult to understand the terminology, and the above attempts are only halfway done. I guess ( TheAnswer or StillWorking ) structure is the one found in iteratee/enumeratee. But I don't know how to "build a codata with unfold."

Best,

--
Takayuki MURANUSHI
The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University
http://www.hakubi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/02_mem/h22/muranushi.html

--
Takayuki MURANUSHI
The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University
http://www.hakubi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/02_mem/h22/muranushi.html
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