没有比O(1)小的数 大o符号表示算法的最大复杂度

如果一个算法的运行时间是n³+ n²+ n + 5那么它就是O(n³) 低次在这里根本不重要，因为n ->正无穷，n^2与n^3相比是无关的

同样地，当n -> Inf时，O(1/n)与O(1)相比是不相关的，因此3 + O(1/n)将与O(1)相同，从而使O(1)的计算复杂度最小

这是一个简单的O(1/n)算法。它甚至做了一些有趣的事情!

function foo(list input) {
  int m;
  double output;

  m = (1/ input.size) * max_value;  
  output = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < m; i++)
    output+= random(0,1);

  return output;
}

O(1/n) is possible as it describes how the output of a function changes given increasing size of input. If we are using the function 1/n to describe the number of instructions a function executes then there is no requirement that the function take zero instructions for any input size. Rather, it is that for every input size, n above some threshold, the number of instructions required is bounded above by a positive constant multiplied by 1/n. As there is no actual number for which 1/n is 0, and the constant is positive, then there is no reason why the function would constrained to take 0 or fewer instructions.

sharptooth是正确的，O(1)是可能的最佳性能。然而，这并不意味着一个快速的解决方案，只是一个固定时间的解决方案。

一个有趣的变种，也许是真正的建议，是随着人口的增长，哪些问题会变得更容易。我能想出一个虽然是做作的半开玩笑的答案:

一组中有两个人生日相同吗?当n超过365时，返回true。虽然小于365，这是O(nln n)。也许不是一个很好的答案，因为问题不会慢慢变得简单，而是变成O(1)对于n > 365。

其余的大多数答案都将大o解释为专门关于算法的运行时间。但是因为问题没有提到它，我认为值得一提的是大o在数值分析中的另一个应用，关于误差。

Many algorithms can be O(h^p) or O(n^{-p}) depending on whether you're talking about step-size (h) or number of divisions (n). For example, in Euler's method, you look for an estimate of y(h) given that you know y(0) and dy/dx (the derivative of y). Your estimate of y(h) is more accurate the closer h is to 0. So in order to find y(x) for some arbitrary x, one takes the interval 0 to x, splits it up until n pieces, and runs Euler's method at each point, to get from y(0) to y(x/n) to y(2x/n), and so on.

欧拉方法是O(h)或O(1/n)算法，其中h通常被解释为步长n被解释为你划分一个区间的次数。

在实际数值分析应用中，由于浮点舍入误差，也可以有O(1/h)。你的间隔越小，某些算法的实现就会抵消得越多，丢失的有效数字就越多，因此在算法中传播的错误也就越多。

For Euler's method, if you are using floating points, use a small enough step and cancellation and you're adding a small number to a big number, leaving the big number unchanged. For algorithms that calculate the derivative through subtracting from each other two numbers from a function evaluated at two very close positions, approximating y'(x) with (y(x+h) - y(x) / h), in smooth functions y(x+h) gets close to y(x) resulting in large cancellation and an estimate for the derivative with fewer significant figures. This will in turn propagate to whatever algorithm you require the derivative for (e.g., a boundary value problem).

不，这不可能:

随着n在1/n范围内趋于无穷，我们最终得到1/(无穷)，这实际上是0。

因此，问题的大-oh类将是O(0)和一个巨大的n，但更接近常数时间和一个低n。这是不明智的，因为唯一可以在比常数时间更快的时间内完成的事情是:

Void nothing() {};

甚至这也是有争议的!

只要你执行了一个命令，你至少在O(1)，所以不，我们不能有一个O(1/n)的大哦类!

在数值分析中，近似算法在近似公差范围内应具有次常数的渐近复杂度。

class Function
{
    public double[] ApproximateSolution(double tolerance)
    {
        // if this isn't sub-constant on the parameter, it's rather useless
    }
}