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Numerical Methods Questions

The document outlines various numerical methods for root finding and interpolation, including the bisection method, fixed point iteration, Newton-Raphson, secant method, Lagrange interpolation, Newton's divided difference, and Newton's forward difference. It provides specific problems to solve using these methods, detailing the required iterations and intervals for each case. Additionally, it covers numerical integration techniques such as the trapezoidal rule, Simpson's rule, and Gauss quadrature with corresponding examples.

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Numerical Methods Questions

The document outlines various numerical methods for root finding and interpolation, including the bisection method, fixed point iteration, Newton-Raphson, secant method, Lagrange interpolation, Newton's divided difference, and Newton's forward difference. It provides specific problems to solve using these methods, detailing the required iterations and intervals for each case. Additionally, it covers numerical integration techniques such as the trapezoidal rule, Simpson's rule, and Gauss quadrature with corresponding examples.

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Numerical Methods - Long Mark Numerical Questions

Module 4 - Root Finding & Interpolation

Bisection Method

1. Use the bisection method to find a root of the equation f(x) = x^3 - 4x - 9 in the interval [2, 3] up to

four decimal places. Show all iterations.

2. Apply the bisection method to find a root of f(x) = x^3 + x - 1 in [0, 1] with error less than 0.001.

3. Find the root of f(x) = cos(x) - x using bisection in the interval [0, 1], up to 5 iterations.

Fixed Point Iteration Method

1. Solve x = cos(x) using the fixed-point iteration method, taking x0 = 0.5. Perform 5 iterations.

2. Given the equation x^3 + x - 1 = 0, rewrite it in the form x = g(x) and apply fixed point iteration

starting from x0 = 0.6 for 6 iterations.

3. Apply fixed point method to solve x = sqrt(3 + x) using x0 = 1, and compute 5 iterations.

Newton-Raphson Method

1. Use the Newton-Raphson method to find a root of f(x) = x^3 - 2x - 5, starting from x0 = 2. Perform

4 iterations.

2. Solve f(x) = tan(x) - x near x = 4.5 using the Newton-Raphson method with 5 iterations.

3. Using Newton-Raphson method, find a root of f(x) = x^2 - 612 (i.e., find sqrt612) starting with x0 =

10, perform 5 iterations.

Secant Method

1. Apply the secant method to find the root of f(x) = x^3 - x - 2 using x0 = 1 and x1 = 2, and perform

5 iterations.

2. Use the secant method for f(x) = e^x - 3x, with initial guesses x0 = 0, x1 = 1. Compute 5

iterations.

3. Solve f(x) = ln(x) + x^2 - 3 using secant method starting with x0 = 1, x1 = 1.5. Perform 5 steps.
Lagrange Interpolation

1. Using Lagrange interpolation, find the polynomial that passes through (1,1), (2,4), and (3,9), and

hence estimate the value at x = 2.5.

2. Find the interpolating polynomial using Lagrange's method for data points (0, 1), (1, 3), (2, 12).

Evaluate at x = 1.5.

3. Interpolate using Lagrange's formula for the points (2, 4), (4, 16), (6, 36), and estimate value at x

= 5.

Newton's Divided Difference Interpolation

1. Construct the divided difference table and find the interpolating polynomial for (1, 1), (2, 4), (3, 9),

(4, 16).

2. Use Newton's divided difference method to interpolate the function values for (5, 12), (7, 19), (11,

33), (13, 40), and estimate f(9).

3. Given the data: x = [1, 3, 6], f(x) = [2, 6, 19], find the divided difference polynomial and estimate

f(4).

Newton's Forward Difference

1. Use Newton's forward difference formula to interpolate f(x) from data: x = [1, 2, 3, 4], f(x) = [1, 8,

27, 64], and find f(2.5).

2. Given a table x = [10, 20, 30, 40], f(x) = [100, 400, 900, 1600], find the interpolated value at x =

25.

3. Construct a forward difference table for x = [0, 1, 2, 3], f(x) = [1, 2, 5, 10], and estimate f(1.5).

Module 5 - Numerical Integration

Trapezoidal Rule

1. Use the trapezoidal rule to approximate Integral12 (1/x) dx using 5 equal intervals.

2. Compute Integral0 x2 dx using the trapezoidal rule with 4 subintervals.

3. Estimate Integral0^pi sin(x) dx using trapezoidal rule with h = pi/4.


Simpson's Rule

1. Apply Simpson's 1/3 rule to evaluate Integral12 (1/x) dx using 4 subintervals.

2. Use Simpson's 1/3 rule to compute Integral0 x3 dx with 6 subintervals.

3. Evaluate Integral0^pi sin(x) dx using Simpson's 1/3 rule with 4 intervals.

Gauss Quadrature (2-Point & 3-Point)

1. Evaluate Integral (1 / (1 + x2)) dx using 2-point Gauss quadrature.

2. Use 3-point Gauss quadrature to evaluate Integral e^x dx.

3. Apply 2-point Gauss quadrature to approximate Integral02 x2 dx by converting it to standard form.

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