Base case can refer to:
- A case of a recursive definition that is not defined in terms of itself
- The basis in mathematical induction, showing that a statement holds when n is equal to the lowest value that n is given in the question (usually, n = 0 or n = 1)
Famous quotes containing the words base and/or case:
“Report of fashions in proud Italy,
Whose manners still our tardy-apish nation
Limps after in base imitation.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Religion is love; in no case is it logic.”
—Beatrice Potter Webb (1858–1943)