Populations 79 Thus, when M/K* is large, Erma? grows like MK*. We can also calculate a„. for a fixed number of sets M. Since If* is a function of L, K and M, each case has to be studied separately. For instance, if L = K = 1, then K* = 1 and thus o,,,ar is proportional to VM for AI large enough. If K ≥