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MA 602: Advanced Numerical Methods in Engineering

This document contains 7 questions regarding numerical integration methods like quadratic interpolation, cubic interpolation, forward difference tables, cubic splines, trapezoidal rule, composite trapezoidal rule, Simpson's rule, and composite Simpson's rule. The questions involve computing values of functions at given points using the different interpolation methods, deriving formulas for numerical integration techniques, and plotting a cubic spline interpolation.

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MA 602: Advanced Numerical Methods in Engineering

This document contains 7 questions regarding numerical integration methods like quadratic interpolation, cubic interpolation, forward difference tables, cubic splines, trapezoidal rule, composite trapezoidal rule, Simpson's rule, and composite Simpson's rule. The questions involve computing values of functions at given points using the different interpolation methods, deriving formulas for numerical integration techniques, and plotting a cubic spline interpolation.

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MA 602: Advanced Numerical Methods in Engineering

ASSIGNMENT # 1

January 7, 2015

Question 1 Compute f (0.8) and f (0.9) from the following tabulated data by
quadratic interpolation.
xi
fi

0.5
0.479

1.0
0.841

2.0
0.909

Question 2 Compute f (6.5) from the following tabulated data by cubic


interpolation.
xi
fi

6.0
0.1506

7.0
0.3001

7.5
0.2663

7.7
0.2346

Question 3 Forf (x) = ln x, compute f (1.5) from the following tabulated data
by using cubic interpolation.
f (1) = 0 f 0 (1) = 1 f (2) = .693147 f 0 (2) = 0.5
Also, estimate the error in computing this value.
Question 4 Forf (x) = cosh x, compute f (0.56) from the following tabulated
data by using the forward difference table.
xi
fi

0.5
1.127626

0.6
1.85465

0.7
1.255169

0.8
1.337435

Also, estimate the error in computing this value.


Question 5 Interpolate the function f (x) = x4 by a cubic spline function p(x)
corresponding to the node points x0 = 1, x1 = 0, x2 = 1. The end point
conditions (called clamped conditions) are p0 (1) = f 0 (1); p0 (1) = f 0 (1).
Plot f (x) and p(x).
Question 6 (i) Let a funcion f (x) be defined on the interval [a, b]. Interpolate
the function f on [a, b] by a linear polynomial. and hence deduce the following
trapezoidal rule
Z b
(f (a) + f (b))(b a)
f dx
2
a
(ii) Let xn be equally spaced points
x0 = a, x1 = a + h, x2 = a + 2h, , xn = b = a + nh
Derive the following composite trapezoidal rule
Z
a

1
1
f dx h[ f (a) + f (x1 ) + f (x2 ) + f (xn1 ) + f (b)]
2
2

Question 7 (i) By using Lgarange polynomials, interpolate the function f by


a quadratic polynomial at equally spaced points x0 , x1 .x2 and deduce the
following Simpsons rule
Z x2
h
f dx [f0 + 4f1 + f2 ], (h = x1 x0 )
3
x0
(ii) Let xn be equally spaced points
x0 = a, x1 = a + h, x2 = a + 2h, , x2n = b = a + 2nh
Derive the following composite trapezoidal rule
Z

f dx
a

h
[f0 + 4f1 + 2f2 + + 2f2n2 + 4f2n1 + f2n ]
3

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