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    This document contains 15 problems involving numerical methods such as fixed point iteration, Newton's method, and the secant method. The problems involve finding roots of equations, approximating square roots, solving systems of equations, and optimization problems. The methods are applied to functions such as exponentials, logarithms, trigonometric functions, and polynomials. Solutions are required to varying degrees of accuracy, such as to within 10-4 or to 4 decimal places.

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    MAT2003 (Applied Numerical Methods)

    Problem Set - 2

    1. Which of the following iterations will converge to the indicated α, provided x0 is


    chosen sufficiently close to α?
    15x2n −24xn +13
    (a) xn+1 = 4xn
    , α = 1.
    √
    (b) xn+1 = 43 xn + 1/x3n , α = 2.
    2. Use a fixed-point iteration method to determine a solution accurate to within
    10−2 for
    (a) x4 − 3x2 − 3 = 0, use p0 = 1 (b) 2 sin πx + x = 0, use p0 = 1
    3. Find a solution of the following equations by Fixed Point Iteration method in the
    given interval, correct to 5 decimal places.
    (a) xex = 0, [0, 1] (b) 2x − log10 x = 7, [3.5, 4]
    √
    4. Use a fixed-point iteration method to find an approximation to 3 that is accurate
    to within 10−4 .
    5. Apply iteration method to find the negative root of the equation x3 − 2x + 5 = 0
    correct to four decimal places.
    6. Using Newton-Raphson method, find a real root, correct to 5 decimal places, of
    the following equations in the given interval
    (a) x3 + 2x2 + 10x − 20 = 0, [1, 2] (b) sin x = x/2, [π/2, π]
    (c) cos x = x, [0, π/2] (d) x log10 x = 1.2, [2, 3]
    7. Use Newton-Raphson method to compute 1/31 correct to four decimal places.
    √
    8. Find an iterative formula to evaluate k N (where N and k are any positive num-
    bers) using Newton-Raphson method and hence evaluate
    √
    (a) 5, correct to 5 decimal places.
    √
    (b) 5 30, correct to 5 decimal places.
    9. Using Secant method, find a real root, correct to 4 decimal places, of the following
    equations in the given interval
    (a) x4 − x − 10 = 0, [1, 2] (b) x − 2 sin x = 0, [1, 2]
    (c) xex − 1 = 0, [1, 2] (d) xex = cos x, [0, 1]
    10. Consider the function f (x) = cos x − x = 0. Approximate a root of f using (a) a
    fixed-point method, (b) Newton’s Method, and (c) Secant method. Compare the
    performance and verify the order of convergence of the methods from the obtained
    results.
    11. Determine the order of convergence of the iterative method
    xk+1 = (x0 f (xk ) − xk f (x0 )) / (f (xk ) − f (x0 ))
    for finding a simple root of the equation f (x) = 0.

    1
    12. Show that the following
    √ two sequences have convergence of the second order with
    the same limit a.
       2
    
    (i) xn+1 = 21 xn 1 + xa2 , (ii) xn+1 = 12 xn 3 − xan .
    n

    13. The sum of two numbers is 20. If each number is added to its square root, the
    product of the two sums is 155.55. Determine the two numbers correct to four
    decimal places.

    14. Find, correct to 5 decimal places, the x-coordinate of the point on the curve
    y = ln x which is closest to the origin. Use Newton-Raphson Method.

    15. An oscillating current in an electric circuit is described by I = 9e−t sin(2πt),


    where t is in seconds. Determine the value of t correct to three decimal places
    such that I = 3.5 amp.

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