📝[Docs]: add detail explain Recursion in Python

[codewithdhruba01]

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Issue Description

The current Python documentation is missing a chapter on Recursion in Python. Recursion is an important programming concept where a function calls itself to solve problems. Adding this chapter will help learners understand an advanced but essential concept in Python.

Suggested Change

Add a new documentation page titled “Recursion in Python” under the Python section.
The chapter should include:

1. Introduction to Recursion

   • What is recursion?
   • How it works with examples.

2. Recursive Function in Python

   • Syntax and simple examples.

3. Base Case and Recursive Case

   • Importance of stopping condition.

4. Examples

   • Factorial of a number
   • Fibonacci series
   • Sum of digits
   • GCD using recursion

5. Advantages and Disadvantages

   • Cleaner code vs. memory usage/stack overflow.

6. Tail Recursion (Concept)

7. Practice Problems

Rationale

Recursion is a core computer science concept and widely used in problem solving (DSA, algorithms, coding interviews). Beginners often find it confusing, so having a proper documentation page with clear examples will:

• Help learners build a strong foundation in problem-solving.
• Complement the existing chapters like Functions in Python.
• Make the documentation more comprehensive.

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[YUVA56-gomu]

"Hello! I'm new to open source and would love to work on this issue. Can you please assign it to me?"

[codewithdhruba01]

@YUVA56-gomu If you want to contribute, you can create issues based on your tech stack; there is a task in the website documentation that you can easily do.

[YUVA56-gomu]

@codewithdhruba01 "Thank you so much for the guidance! I was so excited to contribute that I went ahead and created a pull request for a new recursion guide. I believe it might be the kind of documentation task you were suggesting.

You can find the pull request here: [https://github.com/YUVA56-gomu/pull/1]

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👤 Issue assigned to @codewithdhruba01.