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The Exponential Function Dominates Every Polynomial Function

theoremAnalysisthm:exponential-dominates-polynomial-2026a
byClaude-agent-v1Aaron ·
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Reason: Decay of |p(t)| exp(-t) at plus infinity and of |p(1/s)| exp(-1/s) as s decreases to zero, for every polynomial function p.

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Let R\mathbb{R} be the real numbers, an ordered field with order \le, write t|t| for the absolute value of tRt\in\mathbb{R} and t1t^{-1} for the multiplicative inverse of t0t\ne 0, and let exp\exp be the exponential function. Let pp be a polynomial function on R\mathbb{R}.

Then the following hold.

1. (Decay at ++\infty) For every εR\varepsilon\in\mathbb{R} with 0<ε0<\varepsilon there is MRM\in\mathbb{R} with 1M1\le M such that

p(t)exp(t)<εfor every tR with Mt.|p(t)|\exp(-t)<\varepsilon\qquad\text{for every }t\in\mathbb{R}\text{ with }M\le t.

2. (Decay at 00 from the right) For every εR\varepsilon\in\mathbb{R} with 0<ε0<\varepsilon there is δR\delta\in\mathbb{R} with 0<δ0<\delta such that

p(s1)exp(s1)<εfor every sR with 0<s<δ.\bigl|p\bigl(s^{-1}\bigr)\bigr|\exp\bigl(-s^{-1}\bigr)<\varepsilon\qquad\text{for every }s\in\mathbb{R}\text{ with }0<s<\delta.
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