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Using a Simple Spreadsheet to Invert a Matrix

July 10, 2008 on 11:17 am | In Mathematics, Programming | No Comments

While most students (and many professionals) do not have access to powerful mathematical software like Matlab, virtually everyone has some kind of spreadsheet software, such as OpenOffice.org Calc, Gnumeric or Microsoft Excel. Unfortunately, most of them are unaware of how powerful and flexible even simple spreadsheet software can be, if only you take the time to learn it and familiarize yourself with its capabilities. In this entry, I shall demonstrate how a spreadsheet can be used as a basic mathematical application to solve a simple but time-consuming calculation problem.

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What Can You Hope to Find Here? (Programming version)

July 8, 2008 on 10:50 am | In Programming | No Comments

I mention in the blog’s about page that the topics I will cover in this blog are wide and varied. That is true, because my interests are wide and varied, and I always have several projects on the go that I will surely be talking about. But I thought it might help if I shared with you some of the things I might be covering. If nothing else, it will clue you in to whether or not this blog will be worth your time at all.

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