It may be possible to construct an algorithm that is O(1/n). One example would be a loop that iterates some multiple of f(n)-n times where f(n) is some function whose value is guaranteed to be greater than n and the limit of f(n)-n as n approaches infinity is zero. The calculation of f(n) would also need to be constant for all n. I do not know off hand what f(n) would look like or what application such an algorithm would have, in my opinion however such a function could exist but the resulting algorithm would have no purpose other than to prove the possibility of an algorithm with O(1/n).

如果解决方案存在，它可以在常数时间=立即准备和访问。例如，如果您知道排序查询是针对倒序的，则使用LIFO数据结构。然后，假设选择了适当的模型(LIFO)，数据就已经排序了。

从我之前学习的大O符号来看，即使你需要1步(比如检查一个变量，做一个赋值)，那也是O(1)。

注意，O(1)和O(6)是一样的，因为“常数”并不重要。这就是为什么O(n)和O(3n)是一样的。

如果你需要1步，那就是O(1)。因为你的程序至少需要1步，所以算法的最小值是O(1)。除非我们不这样做，那么它是O(0)，对吧?如果我们做任何操作，那么它就是O(1)这是它能达到的最小值。

(如果我们选择不这样做，那么它可能成为一个禅宗或道的问题……在编程领域，O(1)仍然是最小值)。

或者这样怎么样:

程序员:老板，我找到了一个在O(1)时间内完成的方法! 老板:没必要，今天早上我们就要破产了。 程序员:哦，那么它就变成了O(0)。

It may be possible to construct an algorithm that is O(1/n). One example would be a loop that iterates some multiple of f(n)-n times where f(n) is some function whose value is guaranteed to be greater than n and the limit of f(n)-n as n approaches infinity is zero. The calculation of f(n) would also need to be constant for all n. I do not know off hand what f(n) would look like or what application such an algorithm would have, in my opinion however such a function could exist but the resulting algorithm would have no purpose other than to prove the possibility of an algorithm with O(1/n).

正如已经指出的，除了null函数可能的例外，不可能有O(1/n)个函数，因为所花费的时间必须接近0。

当然，有一些算法，比如康拉德定义的算法，它们至少在某种意义上应该小于O(1)

def get_faster(list):
    how_long = 1/len(list)
    sleep(how_long)

If you want to investigate these algorithms, you should either define your own asymptotic measurement, or your own notion of time. For example, in the above algorithm, I could allow the use of a number of "free" operations a set amount of times. In the above algorithm, if I define t' by excluding the time for everything but the sleep, then t'=1/n, which is O(1/n). There are probably better examples, as the asymptotic behavior is trivial. In fact, I am sure that someone out there can come up with senses that give non-trivial results.

这是一个简单的O(1/n)算法。它甚至做了一些有趣的事情!

function foo(list input) {
  int m;
  double output;

  m = (1/ input.size) * max_value;  
  output = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < m; i++)
    output+= random(0,1);

  return output;
}

O(1/n) is possible as it describes how the output of a function changes given increasing size of input. If we are using the function 1/n to describe the number of instructions a function executes then there is no requirement that the function take zero instructions for any input size. Rather, it is that for every input size, n above some threshold, the number of instructions required is bounded above by a positive constant multiplied by 1/n. As there is no actual number for which 1/n is 0, and the constant is positive, then there is no reason why the function would constrained to take 0 or fewer instructions.