Table 3 β and α measured by fitting the analytical equation of the Bass model to the curves of knowledge spread in the four different layers of the Sphaera corpus and the first three biggest components of Fig. 4.

From: A mathematical model for the process of accumulation of scientific knowledge in the early modern period

 

β

α

i0

SOP

0.049 ± 0.0007

0.0004 ± 0.00002

0.0033

SAP

0.037 ± 0.0005

0.0023 ± 0.0001

0.0049

TSOP

0.031 ± 0.0008

0.0051 ± 0.0002

0.045

ASAP

0.069 ± 0.004

0.0042 ± 0.0007

0.025

Pink-comp.

0.044 ± 0.0019

0.0122 ± 0.0005

0.010

Green-comp.

0.071 ± 0.0084

0.0072 ± 0.0014

0.030

Blue-comp.

0.194 ± 0.014

− 0.0091 ± 0.0011

0.05

  1. The results are reported in 95% confidence level.
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