Population Growth: Exponential Model implementation

Binding contract

This record describes what an executable surface must bind and validate. It does not claim that a public calculator, package, or production route is deployed.

Record owner

Guth Instruments

Lifecycle

verified-clean

Evidence ID

t6-029

Effect

Computation or source lookup only

Input and validation requirements

The zero-growth input r=0 makes the requested doubling-time output undefined, so the instrument must reject it or explicitly display infinity/undefined. The specification also leaves unit conventions unenforced, allowing materially different population estimates from the same numeric inputs.

Required corrections

No binding erratum is attached to this unique-name record. Implementers must still preserve the declared units, domain, and failure behavior.

Inspectable interface fixture

The sample below is evidence for interface and validation tests, not a production implementation.

{
  "inputs": {
    "N0": 1000,
    "r": 0.02,
    "r_unit": "per year",
    "sample_times": [
      0,
      10,
      20
    ],
    "time_unit": "years"
  },
  "expected_outputs": {
    "sampled_population": {
      "t=0": 1000,
      "t=10": 1221.402758,
      "t=20": 1491.824698
    },
    "doubling_time_years": 34.65735903,
    "curve_features": {
      "roots": [],
      "finite_extrema": [],
      "horizontal_asymptote": "N=0 as t approaches negative infinity",
      "initial_value": "N(0)=1000"
    }
  },
  "working": "N(0)=1000·e^(0.02·0)=1000·e^0=1000. N(10)=1000·e^(0.2)=1000·1.221402758=1221.402758. N(20)=1000·e^(0.4)=1000·1.491824698=1491.824698. Doubling time=ln(2)/0.02=0.6931471806/0.02=34.65735903 years. Since N0>0 and r>0, there are no roots or finite extrema; the horizontal asymptote is N=0 for t approaching negative infinity."
}

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Sources and evidence

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• VERIFIED_LEDGER.json
• evidence-tranche6/tranche6-results.json