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Sheet 4 Numerical

The document contains problems involving the construction and use of Newton interpolating polynomials to fit data points. It includes examples of interpolating temperature and pressure data, estimating the speed of a racehorse from interpolated time/distance data, and using interpolation to predict thermal conductivity and heat capacity values. Quadratic and cubic interpolation polynomials are constructed using divided difference tables. The accuracy of interpolation in predicting values between data points is also assessed.

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Sheet 4 Numerical

The document contains problems involving the construction and use of Newton interpolating polynomials to fit data points. It includes examples of interpolating temperature and pressure data, estimating the speed of a racehorse from interpolated time/distance data, and using interpolation to predict thermal conductivity and heat capacity values. Quadratic and cubic interpolation polynomials are constructed using divided difference tables. The accuracy of interpolation in predicting values between data points is also assessed.

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South Valley University

Faculty of Engineering
Power Mechanical Engineering Department
2nd Academic Year
Numerical Analysis (2) (MPEG213)
Sheet 4
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1. Construct the polynomial of degree 3 that interpolates to the data X0 = 1, Y1=1. X1= 2,
Y1 = 1/2, X2 = 4, Y2= 1/4. and X3 = 3, Y3 = 1/3.

2. For each function listed below, use divided difference tables to construct the Newton
interpolating polynomial for the set of nodes specified.
A. 𝐹(𝑥) = √𝑥, 𝑥 𝑖 = 0,1,4.
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B. 𝐹 (𝑥) = ln(𝑥) , 𝑥 𝑖 = 1, , 2.
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3. In 1973 the horse Secretariat became the first (and, so far, only) winner of the Kentucky
Derby to finish the race in less than 2 minutes, running the l.25-mile distance in 1 minute,
59.4 seconds, a record that still stands as this edition goes to press in 2013. Remarkably, he
ran each quarter mile faster than the previous one, as Table shows. Here t is the elapsed time
(in seconds) since the race began and x is the distance (in miles) that Secretariat has traveled.
x 0.0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1.00 1.25
t 0.0 25.00 49.4 73.0 96.4 119.4
(a) Find the cubic polynomial that interpolates this data at x = 0,1/2,3/4,5/4.
(b) Use this polynomial to estimate Secretariat's speed at the finish of the race, by finding
p'3 (5/4).

4. The data in Table below gives the actual thermal conductivity data for the element mercury.
Use Newton interpolation and the data for 300 K, 500 K, and 700 K to construct a quadratic
interpolation for this data. How well does it predict the values at 400 K and 600 K?

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South Valley University
Faculty of Engineering
Power Mechanical Engineering Department
2nd Academic Year
Numerical Analysis (2) (MPEG213)
Sheet 4
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Temperature
300 400 500 600 700
(K) u
Conductivity
0.084 0.098 0.109 0.12 0.127
(W/K.cm), k

5. As steam is heated up, the pressure it generates is increased. Over the temperature range
[220,300] (degrees Fahrenheit) the pressure, in pounds per square inch, is as given in Table
T 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300
P 17.188 20.78 24.97 29.82 35.42 41.85 49.18 57.53 66.98
(a) Construct the quadratic interpolating polynomial to this data at the nodes T0= 220,
T1 = 260, and T2 = 300.
(b) Repeat Part (a), but this time construct the interpolating polynomial using the nodes
T0 = 220, Τ1 = 240, T2 = 260, T3 = 280, and T4 = 300.

6. You perform experiments and determine the following values of heat capacity c at various
temperatures T for a gas:
T -50 -30 0 60 90 110
c 1270 1280 1350 1480 1580 1700
Construct the Newton interpolating polynomial to predict c as a function of T.

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