Name of the Course : CBCS B.Sc. Mathematical Sciences / B.Sc. (Prog.
Unique Paper Code : 42357618
Name of the Paper : DSE- Numerical Methods
Semester : VI
Duration : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : 75 Marks
Attempt any four questions. All questions carry equal marks. All symbols have usual meanings.
1. Let 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 4 − 18𝑥 2 + 45 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 3.
(i) Verify that both the equations 𝑓(𝑥) = 0 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 0 have a root on the interval (1, 2).
(ii) By performing three iterations of Newton-Raphson method, with 𝑥0 = 1, find an
approximation of the root of 𝑓(𝑥) = 0 .
(iii) By performing three iterations of Bisection method, find an approximation of the root of
𝑔(𝑥) = 0.
(iv) Given that the exact value of the root in both cases is 𝑥 = √3, compute the absolute
error in the approximations obtained.
2. Find the inverse of A, using Gauss-Jordan elimination
1 3 5
𝐴 = [2 7 13].
3 11 22
Using Gauss-Seidel iteration method, solve the system of equations given by
𝑥 1.1
𝐴 [ 𝑦 ] = [1.2] .
𝑧 1.3
3. Use the Lagrange’s interpolation to find a polynomial that passes through the points (0, 2), (1, 3),
(2, 12) and (5, 147).
Using the following data
𝑥 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
𝑓(𝑥) 2.7183 4.4817 7.3891 12.1825
estimate the value of 𝑓(2.15) using
(i) Newton’s forward difference interpolation
(ii) Newton’s backward difference interpolation.
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Compare the errors and find which of the methods gave a better approximation of 𝑓(2.15).
4. The following data gives the velocity of a particle for 20 seconds at an interval of 5 seconds. Find
the initial acceleration using the entire data:
Time 𝑡 (sec) 0 5 10 15 20
Velocity 𝑣(m/sec) 0 2 13 68 227
A boundary value problem is defined by
𝑑2 𝑦
+ 𝑦 + 1 = 0, 0≤𝑥≤1
𝑑𝑥 2
where 𝑦(0) = 0 and 𝑦(1) = 0 with ℎ = 0.5. Use the finite difference method to determine the
value of 𝑦(0.5). Its exact solution is
1 − cos 1
𝑦(𝑥) = cos 𝑥 + sin 𝑥 − 1.
sin 1
Calculate the error.
5. Use the formula
𝑓(𝑥0 ) − 𝑓(𝑥0 − ℎ)
𝑓′(𝑥0 ) ≈
ℎ
to approximate the derivative of f ( x) sin x at x0 taking ℎ = 1, 0.1, 0.01.
Use Euler's method to approximate the solution of the initial value problem
𝑑𝑦 (1 + 𝑦)2
= , 𝑦(1) = 0, 1 ≤ 𝑡 ≤ 4
𝑑𝑡 𝑡
taking 5 steps.
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6. Find approximate value of the integral 𝐼 = ∫0 𝑒 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 using
(i) Trapezoidal Rule;
(ii) Simpson’s 1/3 rule;
(iii) Simpson’s 3/8 rule.