recurrence solution, too loose a bound?

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Published on 2010-05-02T09:23:39Z Indexed on 2010/05/02 9:27 UTC
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I have the following worked out:

T(n) = T(n - 1) + n = O(n^2)

Now when I work this out I find that the bound is very loose. Have I done something wrong or is it just that way?

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