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Question Bank 1

Paper: Computational Methods Paper Code: ES-201

Class: CSE/CST 3rd Sem Faculty: Dr Padmesh Tripathi

Q No. Questions COs

1 Write the statement of Lagrange’s mean value theorem and apply it to CO1
the function f(x) = x2 + 2x – 7 in the interval [1, 2].
2 In the subtraction of 0.1234567891 – 0.1234567890, how many CO1
significance will be lost?
3 Define error, relative error and percentage error. Round off the CO1
number 37.46235 to four significant figures and compute absolute
error, relative error and percentage error.
4 Find a real root of the equation xlog10x = 1.2 using Newton-Raphson CO1
method correct to five decimal places.
5 Evaluate √12 using Newton’s method correct to four decimal places. CO1
6 Perform four iterations of secant method to find a real root of the CO1
equation x3 – 2x – 5 = 0.
7 Using secant method, find a root of the equation xex = cosx correct to CO1
three decimal places.
8 Minimize the function f(x) = 4x3 + x2 – 7x + 14 within the interval [0, 1] CO1
using golden section method.
9 Apply Newton’s method to find the minimizer of f(x) = x 2/2 - sinx , the CO1
initial value is x(0) = 0.5. The required accuracy is ε = 10-5 in the sense
that we stop when |x(k+1) - x(k) | < ε.
10 Apply the Fibonacci search method to find the value of x that CO1
minimizes f(x) = x(x – 3) over the range [0, 2] within a range of 0.2.
11 Using steepest descent method, minimize CO1
f ( x1 , x2 )  x1  x2  2 x12  2 x1 x2  x22 ,

starting from the point X1 = (0, 0).

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Question Bank 2

Paper: Computational Methods Paper Code: ES-201

Class: CSE/CST 3rd Sem Faculty: Dr Padmesh Tripathi

Q No. Questions COs

1 Prove that CO2
i) ∆2y3 =  2y5
∆𝟐 𝐸𝑒 𝑥
ii) 𝑒𝑥 = ( ) 𝑒𝑥
𝐸 ∆𝟐 𝒆𝒙
2 Write Newton-Gregory’s formula for backward interpolation. Given CO2
f(20) = 24, f(24) = 32, f(28) = 35, f(32) = 40, find f(30).
3 Obtain the value of f(3.5) and f(6.7) from the following data: CO2
x: 3 4 5 6 7
f(x): 3 6.6 15 22 35
4 Estimate the missing term in the following table: CO2
x: 0 1 2 3 4
f(x): 1 3 9 -- 81
5 Obtain the Newton’s divided difference interpolating polynomial CO2
and hence find f(6):
x : 3 7 9 10
f(x): 168 120 72 63
6 Apply Lagrange’s formula to find the interpolating polynomial from CO2
the following data:
x: 0 1 3
f(x): 2 5 8
7 The following table gives the marks secured by 100 students in CO2
Computational Methods:
Range of marks: 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
No. of students: 25 35 22 11 7
Find
i. Number of students who secured more than 55 marks
ii. Number of students who secured marks in the range from 36
to 45.
8 1 1 CO2
Evaluate  1 x
0 2
dx, using trapezoidal rule, Simpson’s 1/3 and 3/8

rule.
9 2 2x CO2
Evaluate the integral 1 1  x4
dx, using Gauss-Legendre 3- point

quadrature rule.
10 1 1 CO2
Apply Romberg’s method to compute  1  x dx,
0
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Question Bank 3

Paper: Computational Methods Paper Code: ES-201

Class: CSE/CST 3rd Sem Faculty: Dr Padmesh Tripathi

Q No. Questions COs

1 Discuss the conditions for the existence of a system of linear equations. CO3
2 Illustrate eigen values and eigen vectors of a matrix with the help of an CO3
example.
3 Show that the system of equations: CO3
x + 4y + λz = 6; 2x - y + 2λz = 3; λx + 3y + z = 5;
possesses a unique solution when λ = 0, no solution when λ ≠ -1 and
infinitely many solutions when λ = 1.
4 Solve the following equations by Gauss Elimination method: CO3
2x + y + z = 10; 3x + 2y + 3z = 18; x + 4y + 9z = 16.
5 Solve the following equations by Gauss-Jordan method: CO3
2x - 3y + z = -1; x + 4y + 5z = 25; 3x - 4y + z = 2.
6 Solve the following equations by Crout’s method: CO3
2x + 3y + z = 9; x + 2y + 3z = 6; 3x + y + 2z = 8.
7 Determine the largest eigen value and the corresponding eigen vector CO3
of the matrix
2 −1 0
[−1 2 −1]
0 −1 2
using power series method taking starting eigen vector as
X0 =[1, 0, 0].
8 Determine the Cholesky factorization of the matrix A where CO3
2 1 4
[1 10 6]
4 6 32
9 Find the linear spline from the data given below: CO3
x: 0 1 2 3
f(x): 1 2 5 10
Interpolate at x = 1.5.
10 Obtain the cubic spline fit for the data: CO3
x: 0 1 2 3
f(x): 1 4 10 8
under the end conditions f’’(0) = 0 = f’’(3) and valid in the interval [1,
2]. Hence, obtain the estimate of f(1.5).
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Question Bank4

Paper: Computational Methods Paper Code: ES-201

Class: CSE/CST 3rd Sem Faculty: Dr Padmesh Tripathi

Q No. Questions COs

1 Classify the differential equation uxx + uyy + x2ux +xyuy = sinx + x2. CO4
2 Using Taylor’s series method, compute y(0.2) to three decimal precision CO4
𝑑𝑦
from 𝑑𝑥 = 1 − 2𝑥𝑦 given that y(0) = 0. Compare the result with the
exact result for the value of y at 0.2.
3 Obtain Picard’s second approximate solution of the initial value problem CO4
𝑑𝑦 𝑥2
from 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑦 2 +1 , 𝑦(0) = 0.
4 Find an appropriate value of y when x = 0.2 given that CO4
dy
 x  y and y (0)  1. by improved Euler’s method correct to four
dx
decimal places.
5 dy CO4
Solve  x 2  y and y (0)  1. to obtain y(0.02) and y(0.04) applying
dx
Euler’s modified method.
6 dx CO4
Consider the initial value problem  2  ( x  t  1) 2 and x(1)  2. Apply
dt
Runge-Kutta method of fourth order to find x(1.5) taking h = 0.5.
7 Apply Runge-Kutta method of fourth order to find an approximate value of CO4
y(0.1) and y(0.2) given that
dy
 1  xy and y (0)  2.
dx
8 Apply Milne’s method to find a solution of the differential equation CO4
dy
 xy  y 2 , y (0)  1 for x  0.4.
dx
9 𝑑𝑦 CO4
Solve the initial value problem = 𝑥 − 𝑦 2 , 𝑦(0) = 1 to find y(0.4) by
𝑑𝑥
by Adams – Bashforth’s method.
10 Solve the partial differential equation CO4
uxx + uyy = - 81 xy, 0<x<1, 0<y<1, given that u(x, 0) = 0, u(0, y) = 0,
u(1, y) = 100, u(x, 1) = 100 and h = 1/3.