NUMERICAL METHODS HOMEWORK #1

Directions:
 Use the radian mode on your calculator when using the trigonometry buttons.
 Use five-digit rounding arithmetic in your calculations.

1. a. Find the third Taylor polynomial P3 ( x) for the function f ( x)  xe  cos x about x0  0.
2x

Use P3 (0.2) to approximate f (0.2) .

b. Find an upper bound for error f (0.2)  P3 (0.2) using the error formula.
Consider the following table.

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2.a) Show that g ( x )    0.5sin   has a unique fixed point in  0, 2  .
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b. SUse fixed-point iteration method to approximate the such fixed point starting with p0  0
that is accurate to within   10 2 .

3. a. Show that the function f ( x )  x 3  e x has a root in the interval  0.5,3 .

b. Use Newton method to find the root accurate to within   10 3 for the function above. Use
p0  2.

4. a. For the function f ( x)  (3x  2)2 , let x0  1, x1  0, x2  1 . Construct interpolating

polynomial to approximate f (0.5) .
b. Find an error bound for this approximation.

5. Find an approximation of f(0.1) and x where f(x)=0 by considering the following table

x | 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.8

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f(x) | -5 -3.75 -3.15 0.5 1.25

6. Neville’s method is used to approximate f ( x ) in the following table. So, find x, a,b,c,d
and e.

xi Qi ,0 Qi ,1 Qi ,2 Qi ,3

1 a
3 1.73 c
4 2 1.865 1.8729
6 b 1.8875 d e