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This exponential function is positive everywhere, with , as and as . Its derivatives are
It is strictly decreasing overall, with a horizontal stationary inflection point at . A second, nonstationary inflection point occurs at , where . The only horizontal asymptote is toward positive infinity; the graph is not symmetric about the vertical axis.
Figure 1.
The decreasing cubic exponential, its stationary inflection, and its positive horizontal asymptote
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