Suppose you saw in the news that there was a new disease, and one person was hospitalized with it. There had been no hospitalizations before today—and yet, there had been 12,800 positive tests today ...
Mathematician Eugenia Cheng explores the uses of math beyond the classroom. Read more columns here. In the era of Covid-19, exponentials have been in the public eye more than usual, since they are at ...
In pandemic terms, "exponential growth" means infections accelerate over time. In New York City, the percentage of people testing positive for COVID-19 doubled over three days. Exponential growth ...