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Old 03-06-2010, 01:52 AM   #123 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by roflwaffle View Post
Seems to me like it's just n^x over the rationals. You're only looking at a few points, but that doesn't change what it is.
It is just n^X, but how does that describe or whether or not a curve could be considered exponential?

I still don't see that exponential should be defined as constantly growing at an increasing rate, which is what I feel you've suggested in previous posts.

If one really wanted to push it, one could say that something which is increasing exponentially is actually decreasing, if said exponent is in a negative range.

IOW - If something were increasing by an exponent of -10, it's decreasing. In physics, there is no "take-away", so everything which "decreases" actually advances in a negative direction. (As far as I'm aware, anyway. Feel free to prove me wrong.)
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