I am really having difficulty getting started with this. Please help me prove that $$(\log(n))^{100} = O(n^{0.01})$$ (Should we use induction for this?)
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Can you show $\log(n)=O(n^{0.0001})$ ? – Henry Jan 16 '20 at 03:00
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I don't know how to do that, sorry – Hidden Dragon Jan 16 '20 at 03:07
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well, what do you know about logs and O(.)? – Calvin Khor Jan 16 '20 at 03:10
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1What is O(.)? I have seen that before – Hidden Dragon Jan 16 '20 at 03:50
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You have to prove that there is an $\bar n$ and a constant $M>0$ such that $$ \left| {\log ^{100} \left( n \right)} \right| \leqslant Mn^{0.01}, \;\forall n > \overline n $$ Since it is $$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to + \infty } \frac{{\log ^{100} \left( n \right)}} {{n^{0.01} }} = 0 $$ by definition of limit you can choose any $M>0$ and you have that there exists $\bar n$ such that for every $n>\bar n$ it is $$ \frac{{\log ^{100} \left( n \right)}} {{n^{0.01} }} $$ and you have done.
Luca Goldoni Ph.D.
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