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hpark914

The comm-to-comp ratio is (N / P^(1/2)) / (N^2 / P) = P^(1/2) / N, and ignoring N gives us O(P^(1/2)).

rsvaidya

Why are we ignoring N in this case?

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@rsvaidya As mentioned in the next slide, we do not change the size of the problem, such that N is a constant.