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... period , to its value at the end of that period . For instance , if the amount of information doubles in fifteen years , it would be A at the beginning of that period and 2A at the end of it . The increase in A and the coefficient of ...
... period , to its value at the end of that period . For instance , if the amount of information doubles in fifteen years , it would be A at the beginning of that period and 2A at the end of it . The increase in A and the coefficient of ...
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... period of rather vigorous de - growth ( see 5b.8 ) ; there may in fact be several oscillations , of periods of growth followed by periods of de - growth , before it settles down to a stable size which the resources of the environment ...
... period of rather vigorous de - growth ( see 5b.8 ) ; there may in fact be several oscillations , of periods of growth followed by periods of de - growth , before it settles down to a stable size which the resources of the environment ...
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... period . The graph ( 11.4 ) illustrates the significantly different projections 1900 2100 FIG . 11.4 which can ... periods , beginning in 1870 , 1875 , 1885 and so on , and then for a number of different thirty- year periods . Usually ...
... period . The graph ( 11.4 ) illustrates the significantly different projections 1900 2100 FIG . 11.4 which can ... periods , beginning in 1870 , 1875 , 1885 and so on , and then for a number of different thirty- year periods . Usually ...
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