Tag Archives: SciPy

Installing Python and pyxll from scratch

Posted on September 26, 2022 by dougaj4

Updated 28th September 2022. Matplotlib latest version OK. I recently installed Python and pyxll (plus the required additional libraries) on a new computer, which raised a few problems with incompatible versions, so here is a summary of what worked (as … Continue reading →

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Installing PyPardiso and speed of Scipy spsolve

Posted on June 12, 2022 by dougaj4

I recently upgraded to Python 3.10, and because of some problems with my previous installation I decided to do a complete new installation using pip, which required installation of all the libraries needed for my various programs. For my linear … Continue reading →

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Listing Python modules and getting help docs from Excel

Posted on May 12, 2022 by dougaj4

Python functions include detailed help documentation but to access this you need the full path to the function, including the names of all code modules and submodules. This post looks at how this information can be found using Excel with … Continue reading →

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Installing PyPardiso

Posted on October 24, 2021 by dougaj4

Update 5th June 2022: The PyPardiso package may now be installed simply with pip (see Installing PyPardiso and speed of Scipy spsolve): Install the MKL library: pip install mkl Install PyPardiso: pip install pypardiso The PyPardiso package provides an interface to … Continue reading →

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Making Finite Element Analysis go faster – Update and PyPardiso

Posted on October 17, 2021 by dougaj4

The previous post on this topic looked at the performance of alternative Scipy sparse equation solvers. This post updates those results with the current Scipy version (1.7.1), with very different results. It also compares the Scipy solver performance with the … Continue reading →

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