input: from typing import List
  
  
  def is_technique_recursive(subject: str) -> bool:
      """ Determine if the specific programming technique utilized for solving the problem
      involves recursion. 
      
      >>> is_technique_recursive('Recursion is a technique for solving problems by defining a problem in terms of itself.')
      True
      >>> is_technique_recursive('Iterative methods are often used for repeatedly processing a series of instructions.')
      False
      """
      
output:     return 'recursion' in subject.lower()