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A Mathematician Is Grateful For: Big O Notation

November 15, 2017Original blog post

Grateful for Big O notation, for disguising my incompetence with arithmetic. 'What's 19 × 7?' 'Easy! O(1).'

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Grateful for Big O notation, for disguising my incompetence with arithmetic. 'What's 19 × 7?' 'Easy! O(1).'

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