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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law Because the variable is the base, not exponent.
by esafak 6mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law
Because the variable is the base, not exponent.
- anyfoo 6mo agoI know what "exponentially" means, I know what "quadratically" means (and how it's not exponentially), and I know the inverse square law. Hence my question why the article claims "signal strength" decreases exponentially, when the raw power received by an antenna definitely decreases quadratically, not exponentially. That's just physics. But there might be some convoluted thing about stepping down symbol rate which affects throughput (which I guess could be colloquially called "signal strength" if I squint really hard) that I don't understand here.