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arrow-up1123arrow-down1external-linkxkcd #3026: Linear Sortxkcd.comschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGustephan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·7 days agoYou should know better too! Behaviour at large n is irrelevant to “best case” complexity analysis of sorting algorithms
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoOf course it still matters, you just take the best case for n as n→∞, instead of the worst or average case.
You should know better too! Behaviour at large n is irrelevant to “best case” complexity analysis of sorting algorithms
Of course it still matters, you just take the best case for n as n→∞, instead of the worst or average case.