Design

and Analysis of Algorithms I

Asympto(c Analysis Big-Oh: Basic Examples

Example #1
Claim : if then

Proof : Choose and Need to show that We have, for every

Tim Roughgarden

Example #2
Claim : for every is not such that Proof : by contradic(on. Suppose Then there exist constants But then [cancelling

from both sides]:

Which is clearly False [contradic(on].

Tim Roughgarden