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This document contains 5 numerical analysis questions as part of Assignment #1 that is due on September 20, 2016. The questions involve calculating derivatives, Taylor polynomials, error bounds, bisection methods, and finding real roots. Students are asked to approximate values to within specific tolerances like 10-5.

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Assignment # 1

This document contains 5 numerical analysis questions as part of Assignment #1 that is due on September 20, 2016. The questions involve calculating derivatives, Taylor polynomials, error bounds, bisection methods, and finding real roots. Students are asked to approximate values to within specific tolerances like 10-5.

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Numerical Analysis

Assignment # 1
Dr.M.Imtiaz
Due on: 20th September, 2016

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Q#1. Calculate the 1st derivative of 𝑓(𝑥) = sin(𝑥 2 ) 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = by using the
2
𝑓(𝑥+ℎ)−𝑓(𝑥)
approximate expression 𝑓′(𝑥) = with varying step size to get at least 2
ℎ
significant digits correct.

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Q#2. Find the fourth Taylor polynomial 𝑃4 (𝑥) for the function 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑥𝑒 𝑥
about 𝑥𝑜 = 0.
 Find an upper bound for |𝑓(𝑥) − 𝑃4 (𝑥)|, for 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 0.4.
 Approximate 𝑓 ′ (0.2) using 𝑃4 ′(0.2) and also, find the error.

Q#3. How many terms of Taylor series would it require to get an approximation of
sin(2𝑥) centered at 𝑥 = 0 within a magnitude of true error of less than 10−5 ?

Q#4. Use the bisection method to find an approximation to within 10−5 for the
following problems.
 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 2−𝑥 for 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1.
 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑒 𝑥 − 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 2 for 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1.

Q#5. Determine the positive real root of ln(𝑥 4 ) = 0.7 by using Bisection Method
1
in the interval [0.5, 2] with the tolerance of
100
.

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