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JoeAltmaier
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Pedant:Doubling is geometric, not exponential. Right?
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bdhe
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Both okay according to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_growth
JoeAltmaier
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I would think 'geometric' meant x^2 or x^3, while 'exponential' meant 2^x. Are there different words to describe these different growth rates?
Brigand
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Please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_growth
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