Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. Exponential growth looks like a jet taking ...

Exponential growth refers to a process where a quantity increases at a consistent rate over time, relative to its current value. In simpler terms, imagine you have $100 that grows at a rate of 10% per ...

Recall that the solution of the initial-value problem \(y^\prime=ky\text{,}\) \(y(0)=A\text{,}\) is given by \(\ds y=Ae^{kx}\text{.}\) Solve the following problems ...

Exponential growth compounds investment returns over time, enhancing long-term wealth. S&P 500's historic 10% annual return illustrates exponential growth's impact on investments. Staying invested in ...

What’s the greatest shortcoming of the human race? I’m sure we all have some suggestions, but according to physicist Albert Bartlett, it is “our inability to understand the exponential function.” ...

Maths is scary but ignoring maths is scarier, and COVID-19 maths is terrifying. Which is why it’s past time we all get to grips with exponentials. There are a lot of numbers floating around with this ...

To mark edie’s Business Leadership Month, former COP26 High-Level Climate Action Champion Nigel Topping told sustainability professionals that they need to embrace exponential growth and grasp at new ...

Most people underestimate exponential growth, including when it comes to the spread of the coronavirus. The ability to grasp the magnitude of exponential growth depends on the way in which it is ...