http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/103032-Computing-BIG-OH en-us 2026 Maplesoft, A Division of Waterloo Maple Inc. Maplesoft Document System Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:49:04 GMT Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:49:04 GMT The latest answers and comments added to the Question, computing BIG OH http://www.mapleprimes.com/images/mapleprimeswhite.jpg http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/103032-Computing-BIG-OH http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/103032-Computing-BIG-OH?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:computing BIG OH:Comments#answer103034 <p>What do you mean by "compute the Big oh"?&nbsp;&nbsp;<img class="math" src="http://www.mapleprimes.com/MapleImage.ashx?f=2e54cb328abf71e5849e003763524780.gif" alt="O(x^5)"> is not a particular function, it can stand for anything whose absolute value is bounded by a constant times <img class="math" src="http://www.mapleprimes.com/MapleImage.ashx?f=d2e94d78811aa74833927b4c3c061319.gif" alt="x^5"> for x near 0 (or near infinity, depending on the context).&nbsp;</p> <p>What do you mean by "compute the Big oh"?&nbsp;&nbsp;<img class="math" src="http://www.mapleprimes.com/MapleImage.ashx?f=2e54cb328abf71e5849e003763524780.gif" alt="O(x^5)"> is not a particular function, it can stand for anything whose absolute value is bounded by a constant times <img class="math" src="http://www.mapleprimes.com/MapleImage.ashx?f=d2e94d78811aa74833927b4c3c061319.gif" alt="x^5"> for x near 0 (or near infinity, depending on the context).&nbsp;</p> 103034 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:59:57 Z Robert Israel Robert Israel