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The Class P

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The polynomial time class, P, holds every problem with an algorithm whose runtime is a polynomial expression — O(1), O(log N), O(N), O(N log N), O(N squared) — the field's meaning of tractable.

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Searching, sorting, hashing, traversal, spanning trees, shortest paths all ride here.

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Polynomial is the boundary, not fast.