Ackermann's function
The following procedure computes a mathematical function called Ackermann's function.
(define (A x y)
(cond ((= y 0) 0)
((= x 0) (* 2 y))
((= y 1) 2)
(else (A (- x 1)
(A x (- y 1))))))
What are the values of the following expressions?
(A 1 10)
(A 2 4)
(A 3 3)
Consider the following procedures, where
A
is the procedure defined above:
(define (f n) (A 0 n))
(define (g n) (A 1 n))
(define (h n) (A 2 n))
(define (k n) (* 5 n n))
Give concise mathematical definitions for the functions computed by the procedures
f, g
and
h
for positive integer values of
n
. For example,
(k n)
computes
5 * n * n
.