ANNAI MATHAMMAL SHEELA ENGINEERING COLLEGE, ERUMAPATTY

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
NUMERICAL METHODS
MODEL EXAM

CLASS: III (IT) MAX MARKS: 100

DATE: 25-10-10 MAX TIME: 3 HRS

PART-A
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS (50 X 2 = 100)

1) Explain the term ‘pivot’ term.

2) Explain the tem partial pivoting and complete pivoting.
3) Define round-off error.
4) For solving a linear system, compare Gaussian elimination method
and Gauss-Jordan method.
5) What is the basic principle involved in triangularisation method?
6) Solve the equations 2x+y=4, x+5y=11 by the triangularisation method.
7) Solve the equations x+y=2, 2x+3y=5 by Crout’s method.
8) Distinguish between direct and indirect methods for solving simultaneous
equations.
9) Compare Gauss-Jacobi and Gauss Seidel methods.
10) Solve x-2y=-3, 2x+25y=15 by Gauss-Seidel method.
11) Why Gauss-Seidel method is a better method than Jacobi’s
iterative method?
12) State Gregory-Newton forward and backward difference
interpolation formula.
13) Given f(0)=-2, f(1)=2 and f(2)=8. Find the root of the
Newton’s interpolating polynomial equation f(x) =0.
14) Define divided differences.
15) Find the divided difference for the following data.
x 2 5 10
y 5 29 109
16) State any two properties of divided difference.
17) State Stirling’s formula for interpolation. When is it used?
18) State Lagrange’s interpolation formula.
19) Apply Hermit’s formula to interpolate for sin(1.05) from the
following data.
x sinx cosx
1 0.84147 0.5403
1.1 0.89121 0.4536
20) State the conditions required for a natural cubic spline.
21) State Newton’s formula to find f’(x) using the forward
differences.
22) If f(x)= ax (a≠0) is given for x = 0, 0.5,1 show by numerical
differentiation that f1(0) = 4√a – a – 3
23) Using Newton’s backward difference formula, write the formulae
for the first and second order derivatives at the end values x = xn upto
the fourth order difference term.
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24)Evaluate ∫ (1/x) dx by Trapezoidal rule, dividing the range upto 4 parts
0.5
25) What is the local error term in Trapezoidal and Simpson’s one third
rule?
26)State Simpson’s rule for evaluating double integrals.
27) State Lobatto integration method for n=2 and n=3
28)State Simpson’s three eighth rule.
29) What is the order of error in Trapezoidal and Simpson’s rule?
30) What is the local error term in Trapezoidal and Simpson’s
rule?
π
31) Evaluate ∫ sinxdx by dividing the range into 6 parts by
Trapezoidal rule.
0
32)State Simpson’s rule for evaluating double integrals.
33) By Taylor series method, find y (1.1) given y1 = x + y, y (1) = 0.
34)State Adams-Bashforth predictor and corrector formula.
35) Using modified Euler’s method, find y(0.1) if y 1= x2+y2, y(0) =1
36) Write down the formula to solve second order differential
equation using Runge-Kutta 4th order.
37)State Milne’s predictor and corrector formula.
38) By modified Euler’s method, compute y(0.1) with h=0.1 form
y’=y-2x, y(0)=1
39) Write down the Runge-Kutta formula of 4th order to solve
y’=f(x,y)
40) What is the error term in Milne’s predictor and corrector
method?
41) What is the error term in Adam’s predictor and corrector
method?
42)What is a predictor-corrector method of solving a differential equation?
43)Compare R-K methods and P-C methods for solving initial value
problem?
44)Write down the implicit formula to solve one dimensional heat flow
equation.
45) State standard and diagonal five point formula for solving uxx +
uyy = 0.
46) Obtain the finite difference scheme for the difference equation
11
2y +y=5
47) Write down the explicit formula to solve one dimensional heat
flow equation.
48)Write a note on the stability and convergence of the solution of the
difference equation corresponding to the hyperbolic equation.
49)State the explicit scheme formula for the solution of the wave equation.
50)Define a difference quotient.

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