DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
NUMERICAL METHODS
QUESTION BANK
MODULE 2 INTERPOLATION AND APPROXIMATION
Q. No PART-A CO BTL Marks
1. Write the Newton’s forward interpolation formula 2 1 2
2. Distinguish between Interpolation and Extrapolation. 2 1 2
3. What is the use of Newton’s forward formula and Newton’s 2 1 2
Backward formula?
4. Given 𝑦0 = 3, 𝑦1 = 12, 𝑦2 = 81, 𝑦3 = 200, 𝑦4 = 100. Find ∆4 𝑦0 . 2 2 2
5. State the Newton’s divided difference formula. 2 1 2
6. State Lagrange’s Interpolation formula, given ( 𝑥0 , 𝑦0 ) ( 𝑥1 , 𝑦1 ) , 2 1 2
( 𝑥2 , 𝑦2 )
7. State Inverse Lagrange’s Interpolation formula. 2 1 2
Construct the divided difference table for the following data.
8. x 2 5 10 2 2 2
y 5 29 109
9. What is a cubic spline and natural cubic spline? 2 1 2
10. State the properties of the cubic spline. 2 1 2
PART B
1. Find the Lagrange’s polynomial of degree 2 through (0,0), (1,1) and 2 3 6
(2,4)
2. Find the Lagrange’s linear polynomial through (0,0), (1,1) and (2,2) 2 3 6
Using Lagrange’s interpolation formula, calculate the profit in the year
2000 from the following table.
3. Year 1997 1999 2001 2002
2 3 6
Profit 43 65 159 248
(in lakhs)
Represent the function f(x) as a polynomial of degree 2 using
Lagrange’s interpolation formula for the following data and hence find
4. f1.5) 2 3 6
x 1 2 -4
y 5 -5 4
Using Lagrange’s Interpolation formula find the polynomial of 𝑓(𝑥)
5. of degree 2 from the following data. 2 3 6
x 0 1 3
y 0 1 0
Find f(x) as a polynomial in x using Newton’s divided difference
6. formula. 2 3 6
x 0 1 4 5
y 8 11 78 123
Using Newton’s Divided difference formula find the value of 𝑓(2)
7. from the following data 2 3 6
x 0 1 3 4
y -12 0 6 12
Using Newton’s divided difference formula compute f (5) from the
8. data 2 3 6
x 1 2 4 7 12
f (x) 22 30 82 106 216
3
9. Find the divided difference of 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 + 𝑥 + 2 for the arguments 2 3 6
1, 3, 6, 11
Using Newton’s divided difference find the polynomial of the given
data
10. 2 3 6
x -1 0 1 3
f (x) 2 1 0 -1
PART-C
Find the value of y at x = 21 and x = 28 from the data given below
1. 2 3 10
x 20 23 26 29
f(x) 0.3420 0.3907 0.4384 0.4848
Using Newton’s Interpolation formula find the value of 𝑓(0.2) and f
2. (5.8) from the following data. 2 3 10
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
y 176 185 194 203 212 220 229
Find the third degree polynomial f(x) satisfying the following data
3. x 1 3 5 7 2 3 10
y 24 120 336 720
Find the value of y at x = 21 and x = 28 from the data given below
using Newton’s forward and backward interpolation formula
4. 2 3 10
x 20 23 26 29
y 0.3420 0.3907 0.4384 0.4848
Find f(x) as a polynomial in x for the following data by Newton’s
divided difference formula
5. 2 3 10
x -4 -1 0 2 5
f(x) 1245 33 5 9 1335
From the following data, find 𝜃 at x = 43 and x = 84
6. x 40 50 60 70 80 90 2 3 10
𝜃 184 204 226 250 276 304
Obtain the cubic spline approximation for the function y = f(x) from
the following data, given that 𝑦0 ′′ = 𝑦3 ′′ = 0
7. 2 3 10
x -1 0 1 2
y -1 1 3 35
𝜋
Given the points (0,0), ( 2 , 1) , (𝜋, 0) satisfying the function
𝜋
𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 (0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 𝜋), determine the value of y( 6 ) using the cubic
8. spline approximation. 2 3 10
x 0 𝜋 𝜋
2
y 0 1 0
Find the cubic spline approximation for the function given below
9. x 0 1 2 3 2 3 10
f(x) 1 2 33 244
Assume that M (0) = 0 = M (3). Hence find the value of f (2.5).
From the following table, compute 𝑦(1.5) using cubic spline assuming
10. that 𝑀0 = 𝑀2 =0 2 3 10
x 1 2 3
y -8 -1 18
