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fracus ◴[25 Aug 25 20:02 UTC] No.45018314[source]▶

Having gone through electrical engineering, I always felt that Big O notation was never properly explained unless I happened to miss every time it was introduced. It always felt like it was just hand waived as something we should already know. I'm curious what level of math or computer science is usually responsible for introducing it.

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1. ordu ◴[26 Aug 25 14:59 UTC] No.45027527[source]▶

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> It always felt like it was just hand waived as something we should already know.

I learned about Big O notation while learning calculus, along with little-o.

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