Equation 6 · Part 1 · The Economics and Physical Limits of Running AI Agents at Scale
Symbol delta
What this part means
the call this.
Its job in the formula
delta is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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Where the article explains it
Call this .
The passage around this formula
Add , , and together and a single step is priced — which is exactly what a per-request cost estimate does, and exactly why it understates a loop. The fourth component, the one a single-step estimate cannot see, is everything the step has to carry forward from every step before it.
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