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Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi Department of Mathematical Sciences Numerical Techniques (MA-201) Tutorial-1

This document provides 10 numerical problems involving: 1) Computing absolute and relative errors of approximations. 2) Performing calculations using 3-digit rounding arithmetic. 3) Evaluating functions at given values using rounding. 4) Finding roots of quadratic equations using specified digit arithmetic. 5) Approximating functions using Taylor series expansions and bounding truncation errors.

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Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi Department of Mathematical Sciences Numerical Techniques (MA-201) Tutorial-1

This document provides 10 numerical problems involving: 1) Computing absolute and relative errors of approximations. 2) Performing calculations using 3-digit rounding arithmetic. 3) Evaluating functions at given values using rounding. 4) Finding roots of quadratic equations using specified digit arithmetic. 5) Approximating functions using Taylor series expansions and bounding truncation errors.

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Indian Institute of Technology(BHU), Varanasi

Department of Mathematical Sciences


Numerical Techniques(MA-201)
Tutorial-1

1. Compute the absolute error and relative error in approximations of x by x∗ for the following numbers

√
(i) x = π, x∗ = 3.1416, (ii) x = e, x∗ = 2.718, (iii) x = 2, x∗ = 1.414

2. Use three-digit rounding arithmetic to perform the following calculations.

13
14− 67 3
(i) , (ii) − 10π + 6e −
2e − 5.4 62
3. Use three digit arithmetic with rounding to evaluate the function f (x) = x3 −6.1x2 +3.2x+1.5 at x = 4.71.

4. Evaluate the polynomial f (x) = 1.1071x3 + 0.3129x2 − 0.0172x + 1.1075 for x = 0.234 in nested form
using 5-digit arithmetic with rounding.
√
5. Obtain a second-degree polynomial approximation to f (x) = 1 + x, x ∈ [0, 0.1] using the Taylor series
expansion about x = 0. Use the expansion to approximate f (0.05) and bound the truncation error (use
2 digit arithmetic with rounding).

6. (a) Determine the third-degree Taylor polynomial and associated remainder term for the function f (x) =
ln(1 − x). Use x0 = 0.
(b) Using the result of the part (a), approximate ln(0.25) and compute the theoretical error bound
associated with this approximation. Compare the theoretical error bound with the actual error.
x cos x − sin x
7. Let f (x) =
x − sin x
(i) Use four-digit arithmetic with rounding to evaluate f (0.1).
(ii) The actual value of the function f at x = 0.1 is −1.99899998. Find the relative error for the value
obtained in (i)

8. Find the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + 111.11x + 1.2121 = 0. Use 5 digit arithmetic with chopping.

9. Let x∗ approximate x correct upto n significant digits, if ex is evaluated for x, where −10 ≤ x ≤ 9, then
what should be the relative error in f (x) evaluation?

10. Use four-digit arithmetic with rounding to the most accurate approximations to the roots of the following
quadratic equations

1 2 123 1
(i) x − x + = 0, (ii) 1.0002x2 − 11.01x + 0.01265 = 0.
3 4 4
∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗∗ THE END∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗∗

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