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1.introduction To Numerical Methods and Error

Numerical methods involve approximating solutions to mathematical problems through arithmetic operations as exact solutions often involve infinite decimal places, resulting in certain errors. There are three main types of errors discussed: round-off errors from discarding digits, truncation errors from approximating infinite sums, and rounding errors from chopping off digits and rounding up or down. The document also introduces how to analyze errors through absolute and relative error calculations.

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1.introduction To Numerical Methods and Error

Numerical methods involve approximating solutions to mathematical problems through arithmetic operations as exact solutions often involve infinite decimal places, resulting in certain errors. There are three main types of errors discussed: round-off errors from discarding digits, truncation errors from approximating infinite sums, and rounding errors from chopping off digits and rounding up or down. The document also introduces how to analyze errors through absolute and relative error calculations.

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INTRODUCTION TO NUMERICAL METHOD AND ERROR

NUMERICAL METHODS
Techniques which mathematical problems are formulated solved using arithmetic operations Involve large number of tedious arithmetic calculation

To obtain approximate solutions


Most of the problems involve decimal places Consist of certain ERROR

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS, FSTPi

ERROR
Round-off error 0.1234567891011121314 Discard??

Truncation error
Error involved in using a truncated summation to approximate The sum of infinite series

Rounding-off
Simply chop off Add 1 when number after 5 and simply chop off when 5

Example: Round-off error


DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS, FSTPi

ERROR ANALYSIS
Absolute error |exact (true value) - approximate| Relative error |exact (true value) - approximate| |exact|

Example: Error analysis

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS, FSTPi

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