Algorithmic complexity of naive code for processing all consecutive subsequences of a list: n^2 or n^3?

Question

I\'m studying for a test and found this question:

I can\'t really determine the complexity, I figured it\'s either O(n²) or O(n³) and I\'m lea

Answer 1

Code:

for (int i=0; i

Asymptotic Analysis on Big-O:

Loop A: Time = 1 + 1 + 1 + .. 1 (n times) = n

Loop B+C: Time = 1 + 2 + 3 + .. + m = m(m+1)/2

Time = SUM { m(m+1)/2 | m in (n,0] }

Time < n * (n(n+1)/2) = 1/2 n^2 * (n+1) = 1/2 n^3 + 1/2 n^2

Time ~ O(n^3)