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CENTRAL DIFFERENCE INTERPOLATION FORMULA Exercises With Solution

1. The document provides the Central Difference Interpolation Formula and applies Bessel's formula to interpolate a value given four data points. It calculates p as 0.25 and uses the formula to determine the interpolated value is 3250.875. 2. It also applies Gauss's backward formula to interpolate population data for 1975 given values from 1940 to 1990. It calculates p as 0.5 and uses the formula to determine the interpolated population for 1975 is 33.345 thousands.

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CENTRAL DIFFERENCE INTERPOLATION FORMULA Exercises With Solution

1. The document provides the Central Difference Interpolation Formula and applies Bessel's formula to interpolate a value given four data points. It calculates p as 0.25 and uses the formula to determine the interpolated value is 3250.875. 2. It also applies Gauss's backward formula to interpolate population data for 1975 given values from 1940 to 1990. It calculates p as 0.5 and uses the formula to determine the interpolated population for 1975 is 33.345 thousands.

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CENTRAL DIFFERENCE INTERPOLATION FORMULA

PROBLEM

1. Apply Bessel’s formula below to obtain y 25, given that y20=2854, y24=3162, y28=3544 and y32=3992.

yp = y0 + p∆y0 + p(p-1)/2! [∆2y-1+∆2y0]/2 + (p-1/2)p(p-1)/3! ∆3y-1 + (p+1)p(p-1)(p-2)/4! [∆4y-2+∆4y-1]/2+ …

2. Interpolate by means of Gauss’s backward formula given below, the population of a town for the year
1975, given that

Year 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990


Population 13 16 21 28 40 53
(in thousands)

y(x)= y0 + p ∆y-1 + p(p+1)/2! ∆2 y-1+ (p+1)p(p-1)/3! ∆3 y-2+ (p+2)(p+1)p(p-1)/4! ∆4 y-2+ …


SOLUTION

1. Taking x0=24, h=4. Since x=25, we have


p= (x-x0)/h = (25-24)/4 = ¼ = 0.25.
The difference table is

x y ∆ ∆2 ∆3
20 2854
308
x0=24 3162 74
382 -8
28 3544 66
448
32 3992

Bessel’s formula is
yp = y0 + p∆y0 + p(p-1)/2! [∆2y-1+∆2y0]/2 + (p-1/2)p(p-1)/3! ∆3y-1
+ (p+1)p(p-1)(p-2)/4! [∆4y-2+∆4y-1]/2+ …
y25 = 3162 + (0.25)382 + (0.25)(0.25-1)/2 [74+66]/2
+ (0.25-1/2)0.25(0.25-1)/6 (-8)
= 3162 + 95.5 – 6 – 5625 – 0.0625
= 3250.875.
2. Let x be the year and y be the population.

Taking x0 = 1970, h=10. We require to find value of y for x=1975.

Therefore,
p=(x-x0)/h =(1975-1970)/10 = 0.5.

The difference table is


x y ∆y ∆2y ∆3y ∆4y ∆5y
1940 13
3
1950 16 2
5 0
1960 21 2 3
7 3 -10
x0=1970 28 5 -7
12 -4
1980 40 1
13
1990 53
Gauss’s backward formula is

y(x)= y0 + p ∆y-1 + p(p+1)/2! ∆2 y-1+ (p+1)p(p-1)/3! ∆3 y-2+ (p+2)(p+1)p(p-1)/4! ∆4 y-2+ …

y(1975) = 28+(0.5)(7)+(1.5)(0.5)/2 (5)+ (1.5)(0.5)(-0.5)/6 (3) + (2.5)(1.5)(0.5)(-0.5)/24 (-7)

+ (2.5)(1.5)(0.5)(-0.5)(-1.5)/120 (-10)

= 33.345 thousands.

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