Tag Archives: UDF

Function roots with the Inverse Quadratic Method

An earlier post presented various methods for finding the roots of polynomial functions based on the use of linear interpolation.  It is sometimes advantageous to use a quadratic interpolation function, and methods using this approach will be presented in this and following … Continue reading

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Tension Stiffening

Tension Stiffening in reinforced concrete is the increase in stiffness of a cracked member due to the development of tensile stresses in the concrete between the cracks.  The main application of tension stiffening theory in design applications is in the … Continue reading

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Hello World (again)

Over at Daily Dose of Excel Dick has been asking for suggestions for excellent training, to which Jan Karel Pietersen replied that training should be relevant to the task at hand, and that “hello world” examples are useless. John Walkenbach responded … Continue reading

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Perfect Anniversaries

The young author of  The Math Less Travelled has just celebrated his 28 birthday, noting that 28 is a perfect number.  He laments that since the next perfect number is 496, it is most unlikely that he will see another perfect … Continue reading

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Distributing Silverfrost Fortran Applications

Earlier posts have included User Defined Functions (UDFs) linked to Fortran dll files compiled with Silverfrost Personal Fortran: Solving simultaneous equations – Fortran dll Trigonometric Functions – dll Linking Excel to Fortran – 2 Transferring these files to a new computer it came to my … Continue reading

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