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Relative growth rates

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If several objects grow with time the one with the highest rate of growth will dominate the rest over time. In this article this is discussed for three cases: when the number of objects is finite, countably infinite and a continuum.

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  1. Mathematics Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India

    K. B. Athreya

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K B Athreya is a Visiting Professor at IMI, Mathematics Department, IISc, Bangalore and is also a professor of mathematics and statistics at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA. His research interests include mathematical analysis, probability theory and its applications and statistics. His spare time is spent listening to Indian classical music.

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Athreya, K.B. Relative growth rates. Reson 12, 22–31 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-007-0111-5

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