Category Archives: NumPy and SciPy

Latex Maths Text in Excel

Posted on 27/11/2022 by dougaj4

There have been many posts here looking at alternative ways of working with functions entered as text on a spreadsheet, and working with units, most recently here. One drawback with this approach is that text in an Excel cell must … Continue reading →

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Linking to Python help from Excel

Posted on 06/11/2022 by dougaj4

The py_Numpy spreadsheet presented in the previous post has been updated: The new version can be downloaded from: py_Numpy.zip As before, the pyxll add-in is required for the connection from Excel to Python. All the available functions are listed on … Continue reading →

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Calling Numpy polynomial functions from Excel

Posted on 31/10/2022 by dougaj4

The Numpy polynomial related function discussed in recent posts can now be downloaded from: py_Numpy.zip The download file includes Python code and a sample spreadsheet. Required installed software is Python, Numba and pyxll to call the code from Excel. Some … Continue reading →

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Solving cubic equations – background and timing

Posted on 25/10/2022 by dougaj4

For more information on the polynomial functions, including quartic and higher order solvers, see: Solving Quadratic, Cubic, Quartic and higher order equations; examples Re-reading the Wikipedia article on solving cubic equations, I noticed that the trigonometrical solution for finding 3 real … Continue reading →

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3D plots with the latest Matplotlib

Posted on 30/09/2022 by dougaj4

Installing Python on a new computer, I found I had to downgrade Matplotlib to release 3.5.2 to get my 3D plotting functions to work. Further investigation found that the problem was the Axes3D function. Changing:     ax = axes3d.Axes3D(fig)to: … Continue reading →

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