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Proper complexity function

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A Proper complexity function is a function f mapping a natural number to a natural number such that:

  • f is nondecreasing;
  • there exists a k-string Turing machine M such that on any input of length n, M halts after O(n+f(n)) steps, uses O(f(n)) spaces, and output s f(n) consecutive blanks.