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F.

Akleman

NUMERICAL METHODS HOMEWORK-1


Due to: March 13, 2012 1) Let ( )

( ) a) Find b) Use four-digit rounding arithmetic to evaluate f(0.1) c) Replace each trigonometric function with its third Maclaurin polynomial and repeat part (b) d) The actual value of f(0.1)=-1.99899998. Find the percent true relative eror for the values obtained in (b) and (c). 2) Use the Newtons interpolating polynomial to approximate x f(x) 0 15 0.2 21 0.4 0.6 30 51 ( ) in the following data.

3) The following data are given for a polynomial P(x) of unknown degree. Determine the coefficient of if all third order forward differences are . (Hint: Create the finite divided differences table and take ) x P(x) 0 2 1 -1 2 4

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