Category Archives: Maths

Alternative iterative solvers

Posted on 03/03/2026 by dougaj4

This post looks at alternative solutions to a problem posted on Quora: How can 2^x = 10x be solved? One of the alternatives requires a new function linking to Scipy that has been added to the pyScipy module, that can be downloaded … Continue reading →

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Mandelbrot, Mojo, Numpy and Numba

Posted on 06/10/2025 by dougaj4

I recently read an article about connecting Python to the new Mojo language: Python Can Now Call Mojo The article had some code examples, including code to plot the Mandelbrot set, comparing plain Python, Python with Numpy, and Mojo, and what … Continue reading →

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py_Numpy update 2: Polynomial functions

Posted on 04/10/2025 by dougaj4

Continuing from the previous post, this post looks at the polynomial functions in the revised py_Numpy spreadsheet. The updated code and spreadsheet can be downloaded from:  py_SciPy.zip The available functions call the Numpy functions for solution and evaluation of polynomials, … Continue reading →

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Long integers in Python and Excel and py_Fact

Posted on 27/08/2025 by dougaj4

I have added a new py_Fact function to the py_Scipy module, that returns the factorial of an integer as a float if it is up to 15 digits long, or a string for longer numbers. The revised code, and the … Continue reading →

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Python functions for rotation

Posted on 22/08/2025 by dougaj4

I have recently needed code to rotate 2D coordinates, either about the origin, or some specified other point, using pyxll to call the code from Excel. My first attempt was a direct translation of some VBA code, that also worked … Continue reading →

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