VISVESVARAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NAGPUR

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Mid Sem Examination, March 2021
IV Semester, B.Tech (ECE, EEE & CME) Max. Marks: 25 (5X5=25)
Subject: Numerical Methods and Probability Theory (MAL 205) Duration: 1 Hour

Instructions: Answer all questions. All numerical calculations have to be four decimal accuracy.
Use of scientific calculator is permitted.

1. Let xn be the sequence

√ of approximations to the root of f (x) = 0 and xn is a suitably close
approximation to b. Show that the iteration formula

xn 3b x2
xn+1 = (6 + 2 − n ),
8 xn b

has a convergence of third order.

2. The system of equations

loge (x2 + y) − 1 + y = 0
√
y + xy = 0
has a solution close to (x, y) = (2.4, −0.6). Perform three iterations of Newton-Raphson
method for finding the approximate solution.

3. For the following system of equations

    
5 1 −2 x1 2
3 4 −1 x2  = −2 ,
2 −3 5 x3 10
set up the Gauss-Seidel iteration scheme in matrix form. Show that this scheme converges and
hence find its rate of convergence. Also, perform three iterations of the method for finding the
approximate solution. Take the zero vector as the initial approximation.

4. Using the power method, find an approximation for the largest eigenvalue in modulus and the
corresponding eigenvector of the matrix
 
1 2 0
A = −2 1 2 .
1 3 1
Perform four iterations of the method. Use [1, 1, 1]T as the initial vector.

5. Use the finite difference method of order two with step size h = 0.25 to solve
y 00 − xy 0 − xy = 0, y(0) = 1, y(1) = 4.

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