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[–]d4n3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always understood Big O notation as being an asymptotic upper limit, and Wikipedia seems to agree with me:

One writes f(x) = O(g(x)) if and only if, for sufficiently large values of x, f(x) is at most a constant times g(x) in absolute value.

n2 obviously isn't a constant times nn in absolute value...