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B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2010 Fifth Semester Chemical Engineering

MA 2264 NUMERICAL METHODS

(Common to Fifth Semester Polymer Technology and Plastic Technology)

(Also common to Fourth Semester Aeronautical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Civil Engineering) (Regulation 2008) Time : Three hours

Scientific calculator is permitted Answer ALL questions PART A (10 2 = 20 Marks) 1. 2. 3. 4. What is Newtons algorithm to solve the equations x 2 = 12? To what kind of a matrix, can the Jacobis method be applied to obtain the eigenvalues of a matrix?

Find the first and second divided differences with arguments a, b, c of the 1 function f(x) = . x

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Write down the formulae for finding the first derivative using Newtons forward difference at x = x 0 and Newtons backward difference at x = x n .
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Evaluate

e
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x 2

dx by two point Gaussian quadrature formula.

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Find y(0.1) by using Eulers method given that

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11. (a) (i)

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Find, by

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What are multi-step methods? How are they better than single step methods? What is the error for solving Laplace and Poissons equations by finite difference method? Write down the Crank-Nicolson formula to solve parabolic equation. PART B (5 16 = 80 Marks) power method, the largest eigenvalue and the

1 3 1 corresponding eigenvector of a matrix A = 3 2 4 with initial 1 4 10

vector (1 1 1)T .

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When to use Newtons forward interpolation and when to use Newtons backward interpolation?

dy = x + y , y( 0) = 1 . dx

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Solve, by Gauss-Seidal method, the system of equations

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3x + 20 y z = 18 2x 3 y + 20z = 25. Or

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Find the inverse of method.

1 2 4 A = 2 3 1 by using Gauss-Jordan 1 2 2 (8)

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Find the smallest positive root of 3x = 1 + sin x correct to three decimal places by iterative method. (8)

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Use Lagranges interpolation formula to fit a polynomial to the given data f ( 1) = 8 , f (0) = 3 , f ( 2) = 1 and f (3) = 2 . Hence find the value of f (1) . (8)

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Find the value of tan 45 15 by using Newtons forward difference interpolation formula for x : 45 46 (8) 49 50 47 48

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Find the natural cubic spline approximation for the function f(x) defined by the following data : x: 0 1 2 3

Hence find the value of f(2.5) and f ( 2.5) . 13. (a) (i)

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Or f(x) : 1 2 33 244 15 17 19 21
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tan x : 1.00000 1.03553 1.07237 1.11061 1.15037 1.19175

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From the following table of values of x and y, obtain y( x ) and y( x ) for x = 16. x: (8) 25 5

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y : 3.873 4.123 4.359 4.583 4.796

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Using Rombergs rule evaluate

1 + x dx
0

places by taking h = 0.5, 0.25 and 0.125. Or

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20x + y 2z = 17

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Evaluate

4 1 dx dy by Trapezoidal rule in x-direction with 1 x + y 1

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h = 1 and Simpsons one-third rule in y-direction with k = 1. 14. (a) (i) Find the value of y at x = 0.1, 0.2 given

Taylors series method up to four terms. (ii)

Find the value of y(0.1) by Runge-Kutta method of fourth order given y + xy + y = 0 , y( 0) = 1 and y(0) = 0 . (8) Or

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Given

dy = xy + y 2 , y(0) = 1 , y(0.1) = 1.1169 and y(0.2) = 1.2774 , find dx

y(0.3) by Runge-Kutta method of forth order and

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y(0.4) by Milnes method.

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Or
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Solve

u 2 u 2u ( x , 0) = 0 , , 0 < x < 1 , t > 0 given u( x , 0 ) = 0 , = t t 2 x 2 u(0, t ) = 0 and u(1, t ) = 100 sin t . Compute u( x , t ) for four times steps with h = 0.25. (8)

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Solve 2u = 8x 2 y 2 in the square region 2 x , y 2 with u = 0 on the boundaries after dividing the region into 16 sub intervals of length 1 unit. (8) Solve ut = u xx in 0 < x < 5 , t > 0 given that u(0, t ) = 0 , u(5, t ) = 0 , u( x , 0) = x 2 (25 x 2 ) . Compute u up to t = 2 with x = 1 , by using Bender-Schmidt formula. (8)

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Solve the boundary value problem y = xy subject to the conditions y(0) + y(0) = 1 , y(1) = 1 , taking h = 1/3, by finite difference method. (8)

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dy = x 2 y 1, y(0) = 1 , by dx (8)

Find the first derivative of f(x) at x = 2 for the data f(1) = 21, f(1) = 15, f(2) = 12 and f(3) = 3, using Newtons divided difference formula. (8)

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