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> too. It does act like a radiation shield, exponentially damping the distant starlight. This is wrong, damping is not exponential but to the fourth root.
by WinterMount223 4y ago
> too. It does act like a radiation shield, exponentially damping the distant starlight.
This is wrong, damping is not exponential but to the fourth root.
- vikingerik 4y agoA root is a fractional exponent; I can see that as a valid description.
- WinterMount223 4y agoExponentially means that it grows like exp(x).
- adhesive_wombat 4y agoAlso it's an important distinction, because an exponential will always eventually grow (or shrink, depending on sign) faster than a polynomial, no matter how high order.