ANOTHER LOOK ON RECURSION OPERATORS Michal Marvan Key words: Recursion operator, B\"acklund transformation, diffiety. 1991 Math. Subject Classification: 58G37; 35A30, 35Q53. Abstract: Recursion operators of partial differential equations are identified with B\"acklund auto-transformations of linearized diffieties. Relations to the classical concept and its recent Guthrie's generalization are discussed.