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Exponential refers to c^N. N^c is quadratic. Small visualization: https://www.onlinemathlearning.com/image-files/exponential-quadratic-linear.png https://www.on

• mrits 6y ago
  It doesn't help that most people in journalism use the phrase exponential growth to describe quadratic growth.
• Akangka 6y ago
  We call that polynomial, not quadratic.
  • TomMarius 6y ago
    Both is right, quadratic being subset of polynomial.