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How is the complexity of brute force O(N*K)?N is the number of elements in input...

aj

Jun 5, 2022

How is the complexity of brute force O(N*K)? N is the number of elements in input array - which in the example is 9. But the outer loop doesn't run 9 times does it? It will only run from 0 to arr.length - K i.e 4 times.

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aj 3 years ago

Its 5 times, typed wrong.

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Design Gurus3 years ago

The time and space complexities are stated in asymptotic (Big-O) notations, they do not refer to the actual number of iterations; instead, they refer to the 'limiting behavior' of the function.

You are right that the outer loop runs for 'N-K' times, which means, the ti...

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