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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI

Department of Mathematics
NFDF,NBDF,NBEF and Difference Tables Worksheet

ATTEMPT ALL PROBLEMS WITH ENTHUSIASM


************************and enjoy as many problems as possible!************************
To access solutions and lecture recordings for for this course, PLEASE click HERE.
Question 1 Total for Question 1: 20 marks
(a) Draw a forward difference table for the following table.
x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
f (x) 9 37 243 1017 3109 7749 16767 32713 58977
i. What is the degree of the polynomial from which these values were obtained
from?

Use your table to give the numerical values for: (4 marks)


ii. ∆f2 (2 marks)
iii. ∆2 f4 (2 marks)
iv. ∆6 f1 (2 marks)
(b) Certain values of x and f (x) are given below. Find f (1.235)
x 1.00 1.05 1.10 1.15 1.20 1.25
f (x) 0.682689 0.706282 0.728668 0.749856 0.769861 0.788700
(10 marks)

Question 2 Total for Question 2: 20 marks


(a) Obtain an interpolating polynomial using Forward Difference Interpolation For-
mula for:

x −1 0 1 2
f (x) 0 −1 0 15
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(10 marks)
(b) Obtain an interpolating polynomial using Backward Difference Interpolation
Formula for:

x −1 0 1 2
f (x) 0 −1 0 15
(10 marks)

Question 3 Total for Question 3: 20 marks


(a) Interpolate the missing entries

x 0 1 2 3 4 5
y = f (x) 0 − 8 15 − 35
(10 marks)
(b) Following are the population of Butula district
Year (x) 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931
Population (y) 363 391 421 - 467 501
Find the population of the year 1911. (10 marks)

Question 4 Total for Question 4: 20 marks


(a) The following table gives the values of ex for certain equidistant values of x.
x y = ex
0.61 1.840431
0.62 1.858928
0.63 1.877610
0.64 1.896481
0.65 1.915541
0.66 1.934792
0.67 1.954237
Find the value of ex when x = 0.644 by using
i. Bessel’s Formula (6 marks)
ii. Stirling’s Formula. (7 marks)
iii. Everett’s formula. (7 marks)

Question 5 Total for Question 5: 20 marks


(a) Interpolate the missing entries
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
f (x) 0 a 10 18 b 40 c
(10 marks)
(b) Draw the divided difference table for the following values .

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x −1 0 3 6 7
y = f (x) 3 −6 39 822 1611
(10 marks)

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