IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 03/09/2008 07:23:32 PM:
> Although many people use e**x to define "exponential", this is not correct. > > A correct definition of "exponential growth" specifies that the rate of > growth increases as time progresses or in this case, as the size of the > input increases. > > The mathematical expression "N LOG ( N)" does exhibit exponential growth, as > shown below: > > N log(N) n*log(N) > 1 0 0 > 10 2.3026 23.026 > 100 4.6052 460.52 > 1,000 6.9078 6,907.8 > 10,000 9.2104 92,104 > > As you can see, the rate of growth of the mathematical expression "N log > (N)" is clearly shows "exponential" characteristics. > > It is not what many consider exponential (i.e., e**x), but it is > mathematically correct. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_growth Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
