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Yes, my question was indeed why. At the very least, I would hope for explicit mentions that this is an arbitrary choice when the subject is being taught, and mentions of algorithms with running times between polynomials and exponentials. Otherwise it gives people the wrong impression that there isn't anything in between worth considering, which is misleading and just wrong.


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