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- From: berryman@cub.math.oxy.edu. (Ryan Dean Berryman)
- Subject: Re: Exponential fade?
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- In article <1993Jan15.193056.29289@mobil.com> etpeters@dal.mobil.com (E. T.
- Peterson(Eric)) writes:
-
- > I beg to differ. For example, the equation
- >
- > y = exp(-x)
- >
- > "fades" from y=1 (at x=0) to y=0 (as x goes to infinity). This curve is
- called
- > "exponential decay", and it is a very slow decay (not fast as you say).
- >
- > By the way, what's a "write curve"? :-)
- >
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-
- an exponential relation says nothing about the speed of the function--- it is
- the speed in which the function converges to certain values. (ie O(exp(x) ---
- Big O notation )
- -ryan
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