

O
Examples
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Scope (2)
Like approximate numbers, approximate functions are contagious:
O can be used to drop higher-order terms:
Generalizations & Extensions (3)
O[x,x0] represents a term with expansion point x0:
With expansion point ∞, the effective variable is :
An expression involving O is converted to a SeriesData object:
See Also
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History
Introduced in 1988 (1.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), O, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/O.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "O." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/O.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). O. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/O.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_o, author="Wolfram Research", title="{O}", year="1988", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/O.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_o, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={O}, year={1988}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/O.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}