In modern cosmology, there is a striking analogy to this pattern, namely, the transition from the rapid, exponential expansion (inflation) of the multiverse to the much slower expansion occurring during the nucleation of an individual universe (see below).
Because space is expanding at an exponential rate during inflation, this means that exponentially more regions of space are being created as time goes on.
South Sudan faced a "dramatic contraction" in its gross domestic product, a "massive depreciation" of its currency and an "exponential rise in inflation".
Many researchers believe that the infant universe underwent a period of exponential growth, or inflation, when the cosmos was only a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second old.
The note also warned of a massive devaluation of the South Sudanese Pound (SSP); an exponential rise in inflation; and a depletion of South Sudan's reserves.
When the newborn universe went through a spurt of exponential growth, called inflation, these clumps grew so quickly that they never had time to annihilate completely.
Linearization of exponential growth and inflation: The logarithm of a product equals the sum of the logarithms, i.e., LOG XY) = LOG(X) + LOG(Y), regardless of the logarithm base.
The exponential nature of inflation wipes out any information that occurred prior to that, separating it from anything we can observe by, well, inflating it beyond the portion of our Universe that we can observe.
