Category Archives: Maths

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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Evaluate and display definite integrals in Excel with Latex and Matplotlib

Posted on 09/08/2025 by dougaj4

The py_Evalu spreadsheet was last presented at Scipy Functions with Excel and pyxll 5 – Evaluate with Units and included the Plot_Math function, which converts a text string to Latex format, then uses Matplotlib to convert this to a graphic image, … Continue reading →

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Plotting Carlyle’s Circle with Matplotlib in Excel

Posted on 25/07/2025 by dougaj4

Recently I happened to read of Carlyle’s Circle, which is a circle that has two intersection points with a parabola on the X axis. See the Wikipedia article for more details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlyle_circle This post looks at the options for plotting … Continue reading →

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The iccanobiF Sequence

Posted on 09/07/2025 by dougaj4

Coincidentally, following the previous post, New Scientist’s regular brain teaser featured the iccanobiF Sequence, which is just like the Fibonacci Sequence, except that after adding the two previous numbers the digits of the results are reversed. Obviously the sequences are … Continue reading →

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Python functools and the Fibonacci Sequence

Posted on 19/06/2025 by dougaj4

The Python functools module has been around since 2006, so it’s not exactly new, but it is something I don’t currently use, but with potential to be useful. This link: Functools module in Python provides details and examples of all … Continue reading →

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