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"Chasing the Holy Grail of Linear Time Complexity"

Feb 4, 2024 - 1:10pmSummary: There is ongoing research in algorithm optimization, but as of now, there's no known universal technology or method to reduce every problem with quadratic complexity to linear complexity. The ability to do so would represent a significant breakthrough in computer science. However, for specific cases and problems, there exist various algorithms and techniques that can improve efficiency from quadratic to linear or near-linear time complexity. Whether a universal solution will be discovered in the future remains an open question in the field.

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Would there ever exist a tech to collapse any quadratic complexity to linear?

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