How do I prove or disprove that this function is Ω(n^1.5)?
Assuming that T(n) doesn’t suddenly become negative at some value of n, we can give a lower bound for the left hand side if we neglect the first term: We define a new function S(n) such that: We can immediately see that it has terms (ignoring off-by-one etc.). Thus if we keep expanding: At this … Read more