Diverging dollars and $145 billion stimulus

I would guess that most of the intelligent readers that visit my blog are fairly intelligent and probably already know the meaning of diverge and divergence but just to be sure. di·verge / [ di-vurj, dahy-] verb, -verged, -verg·ing. ?verb (used without object)

1.to move, lie, or extend in different directions from a common point; branch off.

2.to differ in opinion, character, form, etc.; deviate.

3.Mathematics. (of a sequence, series, etc.) to have no unique limit; to have infinity as a limit.

4.to turn aside or devia (more…)