Eksponentiaaliyhtälöissä
Eksponentiaali is a Finnish term that translates to "exponential" in English, referring to exponential functions and related mathematical concepts. In mathematics, an exponential function is a function of the form f(x) = a^x, where 'a' is a positive constant other than 1, and 'x' is the variable. The base 'a' determines the rate of growth or decay. If 'a' is greater than 1, the function exhibits exponential growth, meaning its value increases rapidly as 'x' increases. If 'a' is between 0 and 1, the function exhibits exponential decay, meaning its value decreases rapidly as 'x' increases.
The natural exponential function, denoted as e^x, is a particularly important case where the base is Euler's