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  2. Rule of 72 - Wikipedia

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    To estimate the number of periods required to double an original investment, divide the most convenient "rule-quantity" by the expected growth rate, expressed as a percentage. For instance, if you were to invest $100 with compounding interest at a rate of 9% per annum, the rule of 72 gives 72/9 = 8 years required for the investment to be worth ...

  3. Crack growth equation - Wikipedia

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    The Paris–Erdogan equation fits the central linear region of Regime B. A crack growth equation is used for calculating the size of a fatigue crack growing from cyclic loads. The growth of a fatigue crack can result in catastrophic failure, particularly in the case of aircraft. When many growing fatigue cracks interact with one another it is ...

  4. Gompertz function - Wikipedia

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    Gompertz function. The Gompertz curve or Gompertz function is a type of mathematical model for a time series, named after Benjamin Gompertz (1779–1865). It is a sigmoid function which describes growth as being slowest at the start and end of a given time period. The right-side or future value asymptote of the function is approached much more ...

  5. Exponential polynomial - Wikipedia

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    An exponential polynomial generally has both a variable x and some kind of exponential function E ( x ). In the complex numbers there is already a canonical exponential function, the function that maps x to e x. In this setting the term exponential polynomial is often used to mean polynomials of the form P ( x, ex) where P ∈ C [ x, y] is a ...

  6. Demographic transition - Wikipedia

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    Demographic transition. In demography, demographic transition is a phenomenon and theory which refers to the historical shift from high birth rates and high death rates in societies with minimal technology, education (especially of women) and economic development, to low birth rates and low death rates in societies with advanced technology ...

  7. Lotka–Volterra equations - Wikipedia

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    With these two terms the prey equation above can be interpreted as follows: the rate of change of the prey's population is given by its own growth rate minus the rate at which it is preyed upon. The term δxy represents the growth of the predator population. (Note the similarity to the predation rate; however, a different constant is used, as ...

  8. Weibull distribution - Wikipedia

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    The Weibull plot is a plot of the empirical cumulative distribution function of data on special axes in a type of Q–Q plot. The axes are versus . The reason for this change of variables is the cumulative distribution function can be linearized: which can be seen to be in the standard form of a straight line.

  9. Function (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In mathematics, a function from a set X to a set Y assigns to each element of X exactly one element of Y. [1] The set X is called the domain of the function [2] and the set Y is called the codomain of the function. [3] Functions were originally the idealization of how a varying quantity depends on another quantity.