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WinterMount223
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Olbers' Paradox
> 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
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A root is a fractional exponent; I can see that as a valid description.
WinterMount223
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Exponentially means that it grows like exp(x).
adhesive_wombat
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Also 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.
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This is wrong, damping is not exponential but to the fourth root.