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This document contains 12 problems related to numerical analysis involving calculations using various digit arithmetic with rounding. The problems cover topics like computing absolute and relative errors, evaluating polynomials and functions, finding roots of quadratic equations, and estimating errors in function approximations.

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This document contains 12 problems related to numerical analysis involving calculations using various digit arithmetic with rounding. The problems cover topics like computing absolute and relative errors, evaluating polynomials and functions, finding roots of quadratic equations, and estimating errors in function approximations.

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BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI

K K BIRLA GOA CAMPUS


SECOND SEMESTER 2013-2014

Numerical Analysis
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1. Compute the absolute error and relative error in approximations of x by x for the following numbers

(i) x = , x = 3.1416,

(ii) x = e, x = 2.718,

(iii) x =

2, x = 1.414,

(iv) x = e10 , x = 2200.

2. Use three-digit rounding arithmetic to perform the following calculations.

(i)

67
,
2e 5.4
13
14

(ii) 10 + 6e

3
,
62

(iii)

1
17

22
7

3. (a) Use three digit arithmetic with rounding to evaluate the function f (x) = x3 6.1x2 + 3.2x + 1.5 at
x = 4.71.
(b) Use three digit arithmetic with rounding to evaluate the function f (x) at x = 4.71 in nested form
and compare with (a) and its exact value.
4. Evaluate the polynomial f (x) = 1.1071x3 + 0.3129x2 0.0172x + 1.1075 for x = 0.234 in nested form
using 5-digit arithmetic with rounding.

5. Find the third Taylor polynomial P3 (x) for the function f (x) = 1 + x about x0 = 0. Approximate

0.5, 0.75, 1.25 and 1.5 using P3 (x) and find the actual errors. Use 3 digit arithmetic with rounding.
6. (a) Determine the third-degree Taylor polynomial P3 (x) and associated remainder term for the function
f (x) = (x 1) ln x about x0 = 1.
(b)

Use P3 (0.5) to approximate f (0.5). Compute the theoretical error bound associated with this

approximation on [0.5, 1.5]. Compare the theoretical error bound with the actual error.
7. Let f (x) =

x cos x sin x
.
x sin x

(i) Use four-digit arithmetic with rounding to evaluate f (0.1).


(ii) The actual value of the function f at x = 0.1 is 1.99899998. Find the relative error for the value
obtained in (i).
8. Find the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + 111.11x + 1.2121 = 0. Use 5 digit arithmetic with chopping.
1

9. One of the root of the quadratic equation 0.2x2 47.91x + 6 = 0 is x = 239.4. Use four digit floating
point arithmetic with rounding to find other root.
10. Let x approximate x correct up to n significant digits, if ex is evaluated for x, where 10 x 9, then
what should be the relative error in f (x) evaluation?
11. Use four-digit arithmetic with rounding to find the most accurate approximations to the roots of the
following quadratic equations
(i)

1
1 2 123
x
x + = 0,
3
4
4

(ii) 1.0002x2 11.01x + 0.01265 = 0.

12. Suppose f (x) is a dierentiable function such that |f (x)| |f (x). Show that this function evaluation at
each point in (0, 1) is well-conditioned.
Also, please go through the related exercise problems from the text book.
THE END

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