I agree with the old replies (and Thudlow Boink): let’s call growth like xᵃ polynomial growth, to be distinguished from the much faster exponential growth aˣ of, e.g., a Fibonacci sequence. A geometric sequence a*b^x increases exponentially.
I agree with the old replies (and Thudlow Boink): let’s call growth like xᵃ polynomial growth, to be distinguished from the much faster exponential growth aˣ of, e.g., a Fibonacci sequence. A geometric sequence a*b^x increases exponentially.