# Protocol

- [Background](/balancer-v2/v1/core-concepts/protocol/background-1.md)
- [Glossary](/balancer-v2/v1/core-concepts/protocol/glossary.md)
- [Pool Lifecycle](/balancer-v2/v1/core-concepts/protocol/pool-lifecycle.md)
- [Limitations](/balancer-v2/v1/core-concepts/protocol/limitations.md)
- [Math](/balancer-v2/v1/core-concepts/protocol/index.md)
- [Exponentiation](/balancer-v2/v1/core-concepts/protocol/index/approxing.md)