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Re:Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas (2012) by spiraldancing on Saturday May 20, 2017 @10:38AM (#14382557)
2% is exponential growth; 1% is still exponential growth. Decrease from 2% to 1% is a decrease in the rate of growth, which still remains exponential.
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Re:Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas (2012) by atemerev on Saturday May 20, 2017 @10:52AM (#14382624)
(Sigh).

Look at the linear function. It experiences "decrease in the rate of growth" along the line.

If the exponent is not constant, we do not have "exponential growth" anymore — by definition.

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