Implications of Unchecked Exponential Growth
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Authors
Kraft, David W.
Issue Date
2015-03-27
Type
Presentation
Language
en_US
Keywords
Calculus , Malthusian growth , Exponential growth
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Abstract
Treatments of the exponential function in Calculus textbooks are often cursory in that they treat unchecked (Malthusian) growth processes without examination of their consequences. Through the use of problems posed to students, we illustrate the implications of such processes when applied to growth of populations and to growth in the rates of consumption of nonrenewable resources.