Department of Mathematics

Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa

MA1024 | Methods of Mathematics

Tutorial 03

Numerical Methods

1. Find the rates of convergence of the following functions as ℎ → 0.

𝑠𝑖𝑛 ℎ
a. lim ℎ
=1
ℎ→0
1 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 ℎ
b. lim ℎ
=0
ℎ→0
𝑠𝑖𝑛 ℎ − ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑠 ℎ
c. lim ℎ
=0
ℎ→0
ℎ
1−𝑒
d. lim ℎ
= −1
ℎ→0
2. Imagine you are an engineer working on developing a new cooling system for electronic devices.
The rate of heat dissipation is critical for the device's performance. The temperature function
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𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 − 1 represents the efficiency of the cooling system, where 𝑥 is the cooling rate in
units.
a. Find an interval that contains a critical cooling rate where the cooling system is optimal
(i.e., 𝑓(𝑥) = 0)
b. Determine the number of iterations needed to find the optimal cooling rate within an
accuracy of 0.01 units according to the Bisection Theorem.
c. Hence, find the approximate value for the cooling rate (𝑥) that results in optimal heat
dissipation.
1 2 4
3. Use the third Taylor polynomial about ℎ = 0 to show that 𝑐𝑜𝑠 ℎ + 2
ℎ = 1 + 𝑂(ℎ ).
4.
𝑥 2
a. If a root of 𝑒 − 3𝑥 = 0 contains in the interval [0,1]. How many iterations are
required to obtain root accurate to 0.005 using the Bisection method?
b. Use the Bisection method to find the approximated solution in part (a).
5.
a. Explain, why is Bisection method not a suitable method for finding a root of the equation
2
𝑥 =0
3 2
b. Show that 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 + 4𝑥 − 10 = 0 has a root in [1, 2] and use the Bisection
−2
method to determine an approximation to the root that is accurate to at least within 10 .

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6. Make a table listing 2 , 2 , 2 for 𝑛 = 10, 100, 1000 and discuss the varing rates of
𝑛 𝑛 𝑛
convergence of those sequences as 𝑛 become large.

Multivariate Calculus and Introduction to PDEs

1. Find the first, second, and cross-partial derivatives for the following function:

2 2
𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 + 5𝑥𝑦 + 2𝑦

∂𝑓 ∂𝑓
2. Use the definition of the partial derivatives as a limit to calculate ∂𝑥
and ∂𝑦
for the
function:

2 2
𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 − 3𝑥𝑦 + 2𝑦 − 4𝑥 + 5𝑦 − 12

3. A function 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) is defined by,

a. Find 𝑓𝑥 and 𝑓𝑦 when (𝑥, 𝑦) ≠ (0, 0)

b. Show that 𝑓𝑥(0, 𝑦) =− 𝑦 when 𝑦 ≠ 0 and 𝑓𝑦(𝑥, 0) = 𝑥 when 𝑥 ≠ 0
c. Show that 𝑓𝑦𝑥(0, 0) = 1 and 𝑓𝑥𝑦(0, 0) =− 1

4. Check whether the following functions are continuous or not

2 2
a. 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 4𝑥 𝑦 − 3𝑥𝑦
2 2
𝑥 −𝑦
b. 𝑔(𝑥, 𝑦) = 2 2
𝑥 +𝑦

5. Check whether the following piecewise functions are continuous or not

a.

b.

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