
Sometimes it's good to write down. When you start, it sums up 1 + boo (n / 2) + boo (n / 2), which is on the second line.
And each of these n / 2 also starts
etc .. and others.
So in the end, while the number of calls grows exponentially, the number of repetitions is only logarithmic, which at the end deletes each other and you get O (N).
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