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Define a command (possibly recursively) to wrap text in a command n times

I'm trying to define a new command \multiboxed in LaTeX so that I can put n boxes around an equation without having to manually nest \boxed commands. So far I have (using the pgffor package): ...
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Recursively defined macros in TeX

After receiving a nice answer to a previous question, I got enthousiastic and tried to create a macro \sum such that \sum<1+2+3> would be expanded into 6. My idea was to work recursively, using ...
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How can I define a macro that adds a row to a table that has not yet been printed?

I want to generate a list of technical abbreviations and acronyms that I use. Currently, I'm defining all acronyms with a macro I have designed. Now, I want the macro to call another macro, called ...
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Strange recursive macro output

Strange recursive macro output The code that follows describes a macro that can iterate recursively (i.e, a forloop) and uses e-TeX numexpr. It is based on an example found in the e-TeX manual (page ...