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#2 2012-10-28 22:20:46
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Re: Big O notation
Hi Mint;
We use to describe how a function behaves as it approaches some value in terms of simpler functions.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#4 2012-10-28 23:26:45
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Re: Big O notation
Hi Mint;
Yes, hold on please!
There is a whole thread devoted to it right here.
http://www.mathisfunforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=17321
There are many examples.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.