Category Archives: Newton

Linking Excel to Fortran – 2

In this post the procedures described for C++ here will be replicated for Fortran: The spreadsheet, fortran source code, and compiled dll described in this code may be downloaded from Cubic.zip As always, it is better to use the downloaded code, … Continue reading

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Silverfrost Personal Fortran

Silverfrost Personal Fortran is a Fortran95 compiler that is free for personal use.  According to the suppliers: “With Silverfrost FTN95: Fortran for Windows you can create console based, conventional Windows® and Microsoft .NET applications. Silverfrost FTN95 is the only compiler that … Continue reading

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Finding Prime Numbers with Excel, and using Array Formulas

Download Primes.zip. Several of the puzzles at Project Euler (see previous post) require the finding of prime numbers, for instance what is the 10,001th prime number?  Searching the Web for some ready made solutions I found this array formula at … Continue reading

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Project Euler

Whilst tag-surfing I discovered Project Euler, which looks like fun for people who enjoy mathematical puzzles.  Here’s what they say about themselves: ” What is Project Euler? Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require … Continue reading

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Concrete 09 Call for Abstracts – Closes 14th November

Concrete 09, the bi-annual conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia will be held from 17th to 19th September 2009 at Luna Park, Sydney.  The theme of the conference is “adding value in changing climates”.  The closing date for submission … Continue reading

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