NUM701S - NUMERICAL METHODS - 2ND OPP - JULY 2023


NUM701S - NUMERICAL METHODS - 2ND OPP - JULY 2023



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nAm I BIA un IVE RSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTYOF HEALTH,NATURALRESOURCESAND APPLIEDSCIENCES
SCHOOLOF NATURALAND APPLIEDSCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCE
QUALIFICATION:
BACHELOROFSCIENCEIN APPLIEDMATHEMATICSAND STATISTICS
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BSAM
LEVEL: 7
COURSE CODE: NUM701S
COURSE NAME: NUMERICAL METHODS 1
SESSION:
DURATION:
JULY 2023
3 HOURS
PAPER: THEORY
MARKS: 100
SUPPLEMENTARY/SECOND OPPORTUNITYEXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINERS
Dr S. N. NEOSSINGUETCHUEAND G. S. MBOKOMA
MODERATOR:
Prof S. S. MOTSA
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions in the booklet provided.
2. Show clearly all the steps used in the calculations. All numerical results must be
given using 4 decimals where necessary unless mentioned otherwise.
3. All written work must be done in blue or black ink and sketches must be done in
pencil.
PERMISSIBLEMATERIALS
1. Non-programmable calculator without a cover.
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 3 PAGES {Including this front page)
Attachments
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Problem 1 [29 marks]
1-1. Consider the equation J(x) = ex - x2 + 16 sin(x) - 5 = 0.
1-1-1. Show that f(x) = 0 has a unique solution a in [O1, ].
[6]
1-1-2. Use the Bisection method with initial interval [O,1] to find the approximate solution to
a at the third iteration.
[8]
1-2. Write down Newton's algorithm to approximate the root of a continuous function h in
[a,b]after n iterations.
[3]
1-3. Suppose that g : [a,b]-+ [a,b] is continuous on the real interval [a,b] and is a contraction
in the sense that there exists a constant >.E (0, 1) such that
lg(x) - g(y)J ::::>; -Ix- YI,for all x, y E [a,b].
Prove that there exists a unique fixed point in [a,b] and that the fixed point iteration Xn+1 =
g(xn) converges to it for any x0 E [a,b]. Also, prove that the error is reduced by a factor of at
least >.from each iteration to the next.
[12]
Problem 2. [39 marks]
2-1. Write down in details the formulae of the Lagrange and Newton's form of the polynomial
that interpolates the set of data points (xo, f(xo)), (xi, f(x1)), ... , (xn, f(xn)).
[7]
2-2. Use the results in 2-1. to determine the Lagrange and Newton's form of the polynomial
that interpolates the set of data points (1, 1), (2, 5) and (3, 15).
[18]
2-3. Determine the error term for the formula
[14]
J 111(x)
1
2h 3
[3f(x
+ h)
-
lOJ(x) + l2f(x
-
h) -
6f(x
-
2h) + J(x -
3h)]
Problem 3. [32 marks]
3-1. State the Improved-Euler's algorithm and indicate its order of accuracy.
[4]
3-2. Write down the fourth-order Runge-Kutta (RK4) method's algorithm for the following
specific problem after n steps
[8]
y' (t) = y - t2+ 1, y (0) = 2
3-3. In the kingdom of Bana, king Happi The First asked one of his subjects, a prominent
mathematician to solve the above IVP using the fourth-order Runge-Kutta (RK4) method. He
displayed the results in the form of the following table and purposely skipped some entries.
k tk
k1
k2
k3
k4
Yk
1 0.08 3.0 3.11840
3.24345 2.24969
2 0.16
3.36502
3.49368
3
3.49351 3.61885
2.80885
4
3.75125
3.88567 4.01730
5 0.4
4.15061
4.29200
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Compute only the missing values by the means of the given ones (don't
[20]
re-compute them!!).
Goel bless you !!!
TOTAL: 100 marks
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