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 ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics), Vol. 21, No. 3 (1972), pp. 333-335 (3 pages) In a paper on the estimation of the exponential growth function by direct least ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. In the case of the coronavirus COVID-19, exponential growth will occur ...

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 ...

A simple mathematical mistake may explain why many people underestimate the dangers of coronavirus, shunning social distancing, masks and hand-washing. Imagine you are offered a deal with your bank, ...

Have you heard the story of the brilliant guy who invented chess? Legend has it he took the game to the emperor of what is now India. The emperor was so impressed that he told the inventor to name his ...

Sure, “exponential growth” sounds impressive. But it usually isn’t. By Manil Suri Dr. Suri teaches math at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Here’s a trend I find worrisome enough to ...