"Consider the recurrence relation's form and compare it with standard divide-and-conquer recurrences like T(n) = aT(n/b) + f(n)."

"Calculate the critical exponent log_b(a) and compare it with the growth rate of the non-recursive term (here, O(1))."

"Since the recurrence resembles the Master Theorem's Case 3, verify if the regularity condition f(n) = O(n^(log_b(a) - ε)) holds for some ε > 0."