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   James Kuyper to Janis Papanagnou   
   Re: Optimization of cascading recursions   
   27 Oct 25 14:41:11   
   
   From: jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu   
      
   On 2025-10-27 07:52, Janis Papanagnou wrote:   
   > On 27.10.2025 10:48, James Kuyper wrote:   
   >> On 2025-10-24 11:22, Janis Papanagnou wrote:   
   >>> On 24.10.2025 16:35, Michael S wrote:   
   >> ...>> Actually, the number of calls in naive recursive variant = 2*FIB(N)-1.   
   >>>> So, O(1.618**n) - a little less bad than your suggestion.   
   >>>   
   >>> It's new to me that O-complexities would be written with decimals.   
   >>   
   >> Complexities are determined by the highest power of the relevant   
   >> parameter; that power needn't be integral, though it usually is. I'd be   
   >> interested in the derivation of that result.   
      
   My apologies. For some reason I read that at N^1.618, not 1.618^N.   
      
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