The confusion here is about math, not syntax. N^2 is polynomial. 2^N is exponential. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4317414/polynomial-time-and-exponent

The confusion here is about math, not syntax. N^2 is polynomial. 2^N is exponential. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4317414/polynomial-time-and-exponential-time https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4317414/polynomial-time-...