Assignment I Chemical/Biotechnology

1. Expand the following functions in Fourier series:

a.
2
2
( ) 0
( )
2
x x
f x
x
t t
t t t

< <

< <

Hence deduce that
2
2
1
1
6
n
n
t

=
=

.
b.
2 0 4
( )
6 4 8
x x
f x
x x
< <

< <

c.
2 0 3
( )
0 3 0
x x
f x
x
< <

< <

d.
2
( ) 4 , 0 2 f x x x = < <
e.
0
( )
2
x
f x
x x
t t
t t t
< <

< <

2. Find the half-range sine and cosine expansions of
a.
2
0
2
( )
2 ( )
2
k L
x x
L
f x
k L x L
x L
L

< <

< <

b.
0 4
( )
8 4 8
x x
f x
x x
< <

< <

c.
sin 0
2
( )
sin
2
x x
f x
x x
t
t
t

< <

< <

d.
3
( ) , 0 f x x x t = < <
3. If
13
1, u =
14
3, u =
15
1, u =
16
13 u = find
8
u .

4. The following values are taken from the table of cubes:
x 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7
3
y x =
226.981 238.328 250.047 262.144 274.625 287.496 300.763
Find y at 6.36 x = and 6.61 x = .
5. Applying Lagranges formula, find a cubic polynomial which approximates
the following data.
x -2 -1 2 3
( ) y y x = -12 -8 3 5
6. Given the set of tabulated points (1, 3), (3,9), (4,30) and (6,132) , obtain the
value of y at 2 x = using Newtons divided difference formula.
7. The following table of values of x and y is given: Find
dy
dx
and
2
2
d y
dx
at 1 x =
and 6 x = .
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
3
y x =
6.9897 7.4036 7.7815 8.1291 8.451 8.7506 9.0309

8. Evaluate the following using trapezoidal rule:
a.
1
2
0
1
1
dx
x +
}
with
1
4
h =
b.
6
0
sec x xdx
}
using eight intervals.