BMTE-144

ASSIGNMENT BOOKLET

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS

Valid from 1st January, 2025 to 31st Dec, 2025

School of Sciences
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi
New Delhi-110068
(2025)
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 ASSIGNMENT

Course Code: BMTE-144

1. Which of the following statements are true and which are false? Give a short proof or a counter-
example in support of your answer: (10)

i) The equation x 3 − 4 x − 16 = 0 has a root in the interval [3, 4].

ii) The order of convergence of the secant method is 0.62.

iii) For the system of linear equations:

5x + y + 2z = 34
4 y − 3z = 12
10 x − 2 y + z = −4

the matrix is diagonally dominant.

iv) The numerical method:

 λ2 h 2 
y n +1 = 1 + λh +  y n , λ > 0, n ≥ 0
 2 

is relatively stable.

v) The method:

xn 9
x n +1 = +
2 8x n

converges to 1.5 for any choice of initial approximation.

2. a) Using Newton-Rapshson method, find an iterative formula to compute the reciprocal of a

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b) Calculate the nth divided difference of , on the nodal points x 0 , x1 ,...., x n . (5)
x

3. a) Find the inverse of the matrix: (5)

3 2 1
A = 2 3 2
1 2 2

using LU decomposition method with u 11 = u 22 = u 33 = 1.

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 b) Use secant method to determine the root of the equation cos x − xe x = 0. Take the initial
approximation as x 0 = 0, x1 = 1 and perform two iterations of the method. (5)

4. a) Using the data sin (0.1) = 0.09983 and sin (0.2) = 0.19867, find an approximate value of
sin (0.15) by Lagrange’s interpolation. Also obtain a bound on the truncation error. (5)

b) Use the Euler’s method to solve numerically the initial value problem: (5)

y′ = −2xy 2 , y(0) = 1

with h = 0.2 on the interval [0, 1].

5. a) Using Runge-Kutta fourth order method with h = 0.1, find an approximation value of y(0.1)
for the initial value problem: (5)

y′ = xy + y 2 , y(0) = 1.

b) Evaluate the integral:

1.4

 (sin x − log
0.2
e x + e x ) dx

using composite trapezoidal rule with h = 0.2, compare with the exact value. (5)

6. a) Given the data:

f (3) = 168,
f (7) = 120
and f (9) = 72

If f ( k ) is estimated as 138 using the Newton’s form of the interpolating polynomial, then
find the value of k. (5)

b) Solve the system of equations:

x + 2y + z = 3
3x − 2 y − 4 z = − 2
2 x + 3 y − z = −6

using Gauss-Elimination method. (5)

7. a) Using synthetic division method, check whether α = 3 is a root of the polynomial equation: (4)

x 4 + x 3 − 13x 2 − x + 12 = 0

b) Find the first term of the series whose second and subsequent terms are 8, 3, 0, − 1,0 using
difference table. (6)

8. a) Estimate the eigen values of the matrix: (6)

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 1 2 − 1
A = 1 1 1 
1 3 − 1

using the Gerschgorin bounds. Also, draw the rough sketch of the region in which the eigen
values lie.

b) If (4)

f ( x ) = e αx ,

show that

∆n f ( x ) = (e αh − 1) n e αx

9. a) From the following data, calculate the population in the year 1985: (5)

Year Population
(in ’000)
1971 12
1981 15
1991 20
2001 27
2011 49

b) Using the third order Taylor’s series method, find the solution of the initial value problem: (5)

y′ = x − y, y(0) = 1

at x = 0.1 taking h = 0.1.

10. a) How many terms n be chosen in Maclaurin’s expansion for e x with an error less than
10 −5 , − 1 ≤ x ≤ 1? (5)

b) Find one root of the equation: (5)

x 3 − 2x − 5 = 0

in the interval [ 2, 3] using Birge-Vieta method. Perform only one iteration.