We can apply the iteration operator โ used in the lgโ function to any monotonically increasing function f(n) over the reals. For a given constant cโR, we define the iterated function fcโโ by fcโโ(n)=min{iโฅ0:f(i)(n)โคc} which need not be well defined in all cases. In other words, the quantity fcโโ(n) is the number of iterated applications of the function f required to reduce its argument down to c or less.
For each of the following functions f(n) and constants c, give as tight a bound as possible on fcโโ(n).
f(n)nโ1lgnn/2n/2nโnโn1/3n/lgnโc01122122โfcโโฮ(n)ฮ(lgโn)ฮ(lgn)ฮ(lgn)ฮ(lglgn)does not convergeฮ(log3โlgn)ฯ(lglgn),o(lgn)โโ