Category Archives: Newton

Another (very slow) way of computing pi

Posted on 24/01/2019 by dougaj4

The previous post included 100 Python code one-liners for calculating pi that recalculates in a fraction of a second.  The video below shows an alternative approach that is a little slower: How much slower?  If you had a computer that would … Continue reading →

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mpmath for Excel

Posted on 13/01/2019 by dougaj4

mpmath has been mentioned in passing here before, but not in any detail.  The mpmath site says: mpmath is a free (BSD licensed) Python library for real and complex floating-point arithmetic with arbitrary precision. It has been developed by Fredrik … Continue reading →

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More updates to ArcSpline and IP2

Posted on 27/12/2018 by dougaj4

I have uploaded version 2.18 of the IP2 spreadsheet to: IP2.zip The new version includes updates to the IP, IP_4, and ArcSpline functions, as described below.  The download is free and includes full open-source code. The IP and IP_4 functions find … Continue reading →

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More SciPy Solvers

Posted on 19/12/2018 by dougaj4

The xlwings Scipy spreadsheet has been updated with a new example of the xl_SolveF function, that uses the Scipy Optimize root function.  The new spreadsheet can be downloaded from: xlScipy3.zip The new example uses a python function ic_calc (included in the … Continue reading →

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Python Problems

Posted on 29/11/2018 by dougaj4

I have recently returned to using Pyxll to link Excel to Python (of which more later), which required the installation of a 32 bit version of Python 3.7.  First trials after installation returned the message: “AttributeError: ‘module’ object has no … Continue reading →

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