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- From: dak@tabaqui.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (David Kastrup)
- Subject: Re: O(n)
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- Date: 12 Sep 92 18:52:05 GMT
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- nabritta@teaching.cs.adelaide.edu.au (Nigel) writes:
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- >Ok, this may seem a bit of a lame question to post in this group, but
- >can someone out there please give me a bit of an explaination about the
- >big 'o' function. I cant seem to understand what its for or the
- >principle behind it. Replies by email would be appreciated.
- O(n) means
- always smaller in absolute value than a fixed constant times n.
- This constant can be arbitrarily large, but must not depend on n.
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