No, lambda functions cannot be recursive in Python.
A recursive function is a function that calls itself during its execution. However, lambda functions in Python are designed to be anonymous and self-contained, and they cannot refer to themselves by name. This means that a lambda function cannot call itself recursively, and attempting to do so will result in a NameError.
If you need to define a recursive function in Python, you must use the def keyword to define a regular function instead.
Here is an example of a recursive function that calculates the factorial of a number:
def factorial(n):
if n == 0:
return 1
else:
return n * factorial(n-1)
In this example, we define a function called factorial that takes an integer argument n. If n is 0, the function returns 1. Otherwise, the function multiplies n by the factorial of n-1, which is calculated recursively by calling the factorial function with the argument n-1. This allows the function to calculate the factorial of any positive integer.
