Cut the problem in half. Cut the problem in half again. And that's a typical characterization of a log algorithm.

是每次除以特定的量,将问题减一半，再减一半,如此，这就是对数算法的典型特性。

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Yeah. Log. It's a good think, but why do you think it's log? Ah-ha. It's not a bad instinct, the length is getting shorter each time, but what's one of the characteristics of a log algorithm? It drops in half each time.

对了，对数，这是个好想法,但是你们为什么认为是对数呢？,啊哈，这样的本能不错，每次长度都会缩小些,但是对数算法的特性是什么。

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Log n Log n, because at each stage I'm cutting the problem in half. So I start off with n then it's n n/2 n/4 n/8 over two n over four n over eight.

因为总共有多少层？,因为在每一层，我都是把问题分解成两半,因此以n开始，然后是。

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