fib 0 = 0 fib 1 = 1 # a type annotation is required for the recursive function # NOTE: currently we must specify `n` as `Int` (not `Nat`), because Erg points out the possibility that `n-1` and `n-2` could be minus fib(n: Int): Nat = fib(n-1) + fib(n-2) assert fib(10) == 55 print! fib 10