Key concepts

Formal definition of the order of an algorithm: Algorithm A is order f(N)-- denoted O(f(N)) -- if constants c and N0 exist such that A requires no more than c* f(N) time units to solve a problem of size N >= N0.

Formal definition of the order of an algorithm: Algorithm A is order f(N)-- denoted O(f(N)) -- if constants c and N0 exist such that A requires no more than c* f(N) time units to solve a problem of size N >= N0.