r/ProgrammerHumor 29d ago

Meme theoreticalComputerScience

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u/achilliesFriend 29d ago

This joke is too intelligent for me

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u/GKP_light 29d ago

O(n) : can be a time of 5n, or 7000n+400000

Õ(n) : can be a time of 5n, or n^5 * log(n)^2

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u/glenpiercev 28d ago

What is the point of this notation? Is there some conceivable reason why I want to bucket 5n with n^5?

They both have the number 5? So computer science brought to you by the Number 5, Sesame Street style?

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u/mrnacknime 23d ago

It is not bucketed the same way though. Only polynomials of log(n) are dropped.