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Response
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June 2012
Solution to Exchanges 10.2 Puzzle: Borrowing in the Limit as Our Nerdiness Goes to Infinity
by
Ran I. Shorrer
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Abstract
This is a solution to the editor's puzzle from issue 10.2 of SIGecom Exchanges [Reeves 2011]. The puzzle asks to determine a point in time such that a lump sum payment of $S will be equivalent to a continuous stream of infinitesimal payments totaling $S, spread evenly over time. The full puzzle can be found online at: http://www.sigecom.org/exchanges/volume 10/2/puzzle.pdf.
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt;
Market Transactions;
Mathematical Methods;