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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2648067, member: 27832&quot;]Asymptote, baby! TEOTWAWKI! Dog and cats, living together!</p><p><br /></p><p>Never mind that parabolas don&#039;t actually <i>have</i> asymptotes, and parabolic increase is actually <i>slower</i> in the long term than even the slowest <i>exponential</i> growth, which is what the chart-casters seem to have in mind when they say &quot;parabolic&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, not even <i>exponential</i> growth has an actual asymptote. Growth that approaches an asymptote is <i>hyperbolic</i> growth.</p><p><br /></p><p>The chart cheerleaders may not understand hyperbolas, they certainly understand hyperbole.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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