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What is big theta and big O?

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big O means a function is no worse than in terms of scaling. Typically this only matters for large values of n.
Big theta says that a function is no better than in terms of scaling.

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What values are needed for big O?

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two positive whole numbers, one to multiply the n type by and another to be the starting point. These must both be positive and cannot be 0.

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