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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hang on, that's not a decreasing trend. 1/√4 is not smaller, but larger than 1/4...?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

From 1/√3 to 1/√4 is less of a decrease than from 1/3 to 1/4, just as from 1/3 to 1/4 is less of a decrease than from 1/(3²) to 1/(4²).

The curve here is not mapping 1/4 -> 1/√4, but rather 4 -> 1/√4 (and 3 -> 1/√3, and so on).