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CS2201 Worksheet 08

This document contains 5 questions asking the student to write Python programs to: 1) Calculate and plot a function and its derivative using forward difference formula 2) Calculate and plot a function and its derivative using central difference formula 3) Investigate how error changes in the central difference method with step size h 4) Calculate a derivative using the five-point formula 5) Calculate a second derivative approximation The student is instructed to do the work on a laptop, phone, or by writing answers by hand if no other option is available. Relevant videos and slides are available on the welearn site.

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CS2201 Worksheet 08

This document contains 5 questions asking the student to write Python programs to: 1) Calculate and plot a function and its derivative using forward difference formula 2) Calculate and plot a function and its derivative using central difference formula 3) Investigate how error changes in the central difference method with step size h 4) Calculate a derivative using the five-point formula 5) Calculate a second derivative approximation The student is instructed to do the work on a laptop, phone, or by writing answers by hand if no other option is available. Relevant videos and slides are available on the welearn site.

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CS2201 Worksheet 08

Work out the problems on your laptop/phone (there are several nice python
interpreters that work on Android - I prefer qpython - but you may find some
other app more to your taste. If you do not have access to any of these, write
out our answers - scan them and upload (but this should be the absolute last
resort!).
You will find link to the relevant videos and lecture slides on welearn.

Q 1) Write a program that calculates and plots the function

2
f (x) = x2 e−x

and its first derivative calculated using the forward difference formula on the
same graph.
Q 2) Repeat the last problem, but this time use the central difference for-
mula.
Q 3) Write a program to investigate the way the error in the central difference
method changes with changing step size h.
Q 4) Write a program that will calculate the derivative using the five-point
formula (see the video and/or the lecture slide)
Q 5) Write a program that will calculate the second derivative of a given
function using the approximation

f (x + h) − 2f (x) + f (x − h)
f 00 (x) ≈
h2

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