Author: Ernst A. Heinz
Date: 23:02:24 01/26/00
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On January 27, 2000 at 01:49:31, Ernst A. Heinz wrote: > >On January 27, 2000 at 01:42:46, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >> >>And if you have to increase the speed exponentially just to see any gain at >>all, that's still diminishing returns compared to the >>"2x speed = 50 Elo point gain" equation. > >But "2x (2x ...(2x speed) ...)" is an exponential speed increase. That comment was probably too short. What I meant to say was the following: Any formula of the form "X times speed increase equals Y point rating gain" actually specifies that you need exponential speed increase for linear rating gain. But within this framework the rating gain per X times speed increase does not diminish -- it rather remains constant at Y points. ==> These are the formulas that specify "NO diminishing returns"! And your specific equation belongs to this class. =Ernst=
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