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276 Applications of Spreadsheets in Education The Amazing Power of a Simple Tool Lau and Sugden<br />

TRANSPOSE, 154<br />

VLOOKUP, 208, 268, 271<br />

Excelet, 107–109, 112, 114<br />

excluded middle, 95<br />

experimental error, see error<br />

fault analysis, 3–14<br />

Fibonacci number, see number<br />

first difference, see difference<br />

flexibility matrix, see matrix<br />

force<br />

point, 20, 23, 25<br />

reaction, 22, 23, 25<br />

shear, 20–23, 25<br />

vector, 28, 29<br />

forecasting<br />

model, 161<br />

product, 161<br />

sales, 159<br />

frame deflection, see wall-frame<br />

function<br />

elementary, 174<br />

general, 179, 180<br />

utility, 142, 143<br />

function of two variables, see function<br />

Gantt chart, 117, 118, 120, 123, 125, 132<br />

general function, see function<br />

generalized frame, see wall-frame<br />

generator, 5<br />

geometry<br />

analytical, 209, 226<br />

greatest common divisor, see gcd<br />

Hamiltonian, 43, 45, 54<br />

homogeneous catalysis, see catalysis<br />

hyperbola, 215, 216, 219, 224<br />

indeterminate beam, see beam<br />

index<br />

customer satisfaction (CSI), 118<br />

efficiency, 128<br />

performance, 118, 119, 132<br />

induction<br />

mathematical, 90, 91, 97, 98<br />

inequality, 183, 184<br />

inhibitor, 107, 111, 114<br />

innovation diffusion model, see model<br />

innovation diffusion theory, see model<br />

integer arithmetic, see modular arithmetic<br />

integration<br />

definite integral, 181<br />

Duhamel method, 32<br />

time-step method, 32<br />

inter-story drift, see wall-frame<br />

kinetics<br />

chemical, 107, 108<br />

enzyme, 107–109, 111, 114<br />

Kron reduction, 6<br />

law of excluded middle, see excluded middle<br />

leakage reactance, see reactance<br />

life cycle, see product life cycle<br />

line, 209, 216, 217, 219, 225, 226, 228, 231<br />

skew, 203, 229, 230<br />

line-to-ground fault, see unsymmetrical fault<br />

line-to-line fault, see unsymmetrical fault<br />

linear elastic system, see system<br />

linear equation, see system<br />

linear plot, see plot<br />

linear quadratic regulator, see LQR<br />

linear regression, see regression<br />

Lineweaver-Burk, see equation<br />

load current, see current<br />

logistic growth model, see model<br />

LQR, 54<br />

MAD, see error<br />

mass matrix, see matrix<br />

mathematical induction, see induction<br />

matrix<br />

correlation, 151<br />

covariance, 151<br />

drift, see wall-frame<br />

dynamic, 36<br />

flexibility, 19, 28, 29, 31<br />

mass, 36, 38<br />

positive definite, 151<br />

stiffness, 19, 29, 31, 36

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