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exponential growth
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growth of quantities at rate proportional to the current amount
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Vinony's link graph records 438 inbound references to exponential growth, and connects out to logistic function, Moore's law and proportionality.
It sits within the topics Exponentials, Growth curves and Mathematical modeling.
Vinony links it to 39 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- mathematical analysis
- Named after
- natural exponential function
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- different from
- logarithmic growth
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- facet of
- exponential function
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Encyclopedic overview
The graph illustrates how exponential growth (green) eventually surpasses both linear (red) and cubic (blue) growth.
Linear growth Cubic growth Exponential growth
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “exponential growth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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