Anamorphism is a concept from the field of computer science, particularly in the context of functional programming and type theory. It refers to a way of defining and working with data structures that can be "unfolded" or generated from a more basic form, as opposed to "catamorphism," which refers to ways of processing data structures, generally involving a "folding" or reducing operation. In simpler terms, an anamorphism is a function that produces a potentially infinite structure.
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