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Let [itex]t \in \mathbb{R}[/itex] be large.
Let [itex]f[/itex] be a function over [itex][0,t][/itex] satisfying [itex]f(0) = 1[/itex] and [itex]f'(x) = e^{-f(x)}[/itex] for all [itex]x[/itex].
Let [itex]g[/itex] be a function over [itex][0,t][/itex] satisfying [itex]g(0) = 1[/itex] and [itex]g'(x) = (1 - g(x)/t^2)^{t^2}[/itex] for all [itex]x[/itex]. Note that [itex]g'(x) \sim e^{-g(x)}[/itex].

Without solving the two differential equations and finding out [itex]f[/itex] and [itex]g[/itex] (which can be done at least approximately), can the fact that [itex]f(0)=g(0)=1[/itex] and [itex]g'(x) \sim e^{-g(x)}[/itex] be used to show that [itex]f(x) \sim g(x)[/itex] for all [itex]x[/itex] in [itex][0,t][/itex] ?
 
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Milligram said:
Let [itex]t \in \mathbb{R}[/itex] be large.
Let [itex]f[/itex] be a function over [itex][0,t][/itex] satisfying [itex]f(0) = 1[/itex] and [itex]f'(x) = e^{-f(x)}[/itex] for all [itex]x[/itex].
Let [itex]g[/itex] be a function over [itex][0,t][/itex] satisfying [itex]g(0) = 1[/itex] and [itex]g'(x) = (1 - g(x)/t^2)^{t^2}[/itex] for all [itex]x[/itex].
This makes no sense. If g is a function of x only, its derivative cannot depend upon both x and t. Did you mean [itex]g'(x) = (1 - g(x)/x^2)^{x^2}[/itex]?

Note that [itex]g'(x) \sim e^{-g(x)}[/itex].

Without solving the two differential equations and finding out [itex]f[/itex] and [itex]g[/itex] (which can be done at least approximately), can the fact that [itex]f(0)=g(0)=1[/itex] and [itex]g'(x) \sim e^{-g(x)}[/itex] be used to show that [itex]f(x) \sim g(x)[/itex] for all [itex]x[/itex] in [itex][0,t][/itex] ?
 
HallsofIvy, I meant for [itex]g(x)[/itex] to depend on [itex]x[/itex] and [itex]t[/itex]. You should think of [itex]t[/itex] as being a large constant, say, [itex]t=10^{10}[/itex].