A short poem comparing Exponential and Logistic functions

Orland, Paige S

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Journal of Humanistic MathematicsVolume 2 | Issue 2 July 2012Math MomentPaige S. OrlandThe Siena School, pidgums@gmail.comFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhmPart of the Analysis Commons©2012 by the authors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.JHM is an open access bi-annual journal sponsored by the Claremont Center for the MathematicalSciences and published by the Claremont Colleges Library | ISSN 2159-8118 | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/Recommended CitationOrland, P. S. "Math Moment," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 2 Issue 2 ( July 2012), pages 153-. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.201202.15 . Available at: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol2/iss2/15Math MomentPaige S. OrlandThe Siena School, Silver Spring, MDpidgums@gmail.comA function that increases at a rate of exponentialThat seems to somehow have the potentialOf soaring up to infinityBut once it reaches a certain vicinityIt evens out and is almost simplisticbecause this function is logisticJournal of Humanistic Mathematics Vol 2, No 2, July 2012

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Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 
Volume 2 | Issue 2 July 2012 
Math Moment 
Paige S. Orland 
The Siena School 
Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm 
 Part of the Analysis Commons 
Recommended Citation 
Orland, P. S. "Math Moment," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 2 Issue 2 (July 2012), pages 
153-. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.201202.15 . Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol2/iss2/
15 
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Math Moment
Paige S. Orland
The Siena School, Silver Spring, MD
pidgums@gmail.com
A function that increases at a rate of exponential
That seems to somehow have the potential
Of soaring up to infinity
But once it reaches a certain vicinity
It evens out and is almost simplistic
because this function is logistic
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics Vol 2, No 2, July 2012


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