Study guide: Exponential decay models Hans Petter Langtangen [1, 2]   [1] Center for Biomedical Computing, Simula Research Laboratory [2] Department of Informatics, University of Oslo   Feb 12, 2016 Exponential decay models appear in a wide range of applications! Applications are found in physics, biology, chemistry, geology, finance, ... Population growth (cells, animals, humans) Financial engineering Radioactivity Waiting times for an event to happen Chemical kinetics and biochemistry Spreading of diseases Compaction of the Earth's crust Air/fluid resistance Pressure in the atmosphere Subproblems when solving PDEs ... No slides made for this chapter yet ...