Happy numbers in python

I'll show you a method in python to check if a number is happy.
When a number is happy? Well, you have to follow this algorithm:

1. Take a number n.
         n = 23
2. Dissect it into digits.
         2 and 3
3. Square them all and add them up
         2^ 2 + 3 ^ 2 = 4 + 9 = 13
4. You get a new number m.
         m = 13
5. If m = 1, n is happy; otherwise set n = m and repeat at 1.
         1^2 + 3^2 = 1 + 9 = 10
         n = 10
         1 ^ 2 + 0 ^ 2 = 1
         23 is happy!
6. If you run into a loop, n is not a happy number (is sad).

I've used recursion because it is fun (talking about happy numbers).

def happy(n, past = set()):
    m = sum(int(i)**2 for i in str(n))
    if m == 1:
  return True
    if m in past:
  return False
    past.add(m)
    return happy(m,past)
 
print [ x for x in range(1,100) if happy(x, set())]

Here 'past' is a set, needed to check if we are in a loop.
The output shows the set of happy numbers below 100.

[1, 7, 10, 13, 19, 23, 28, 31, 32, 44, 49, 68, 70, 79, 82, 86, 91, 94, 97]