One of the concepts I teach in my Quantitative Reasoning class is the idea of “Exponential Growth.” Such growth, where a variable grows by a fixed percent, is found in such things as population growth ...

Sure, “exponential growth” sounds impressive. But it usually isn’t. By Manil Suri Dr. Suri teaches math at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Here’s a trend I find worrisome enough to ...

Exponential growth is a basic concept in math that occurs when a quantity keeps doubling itself over and over. This can lead to astonishingly large numbers very quickly. Exponential growth is a big ...

Euler's identity: Math geeks extol its beauty, even finding in it hints of a myste­rious connected­ness in the universe. It's on tank tops and coffee mugs. Aliens, apparently, carve it into crop ...