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Leveraging the Proof by Contradiction Technique

Explore the proof by contradiction technique to rigorously prove that a function is not bounded by another in big-O notation. Understand the logical steps to assume the opposite, derive contradictions, and apply this method to verify claims about algorithm running times.

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We have talked at length about the big-O notation. We now want to go over how to convince ourselves that a particular function f(n)f(n) is not O(g(n))O(g(n)) ...