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(1) The document provides instructions for a quiz problem on Gaussian elimination to solve a system of linear equations in normalized floating point representation with a precision of 4 digits. (2) Students are asked to write the system of equations in normalized floating point format, apply naive Gaussian elimination showing steps, and explain loss of significant digits. They also compute the residual error and how to calculate relative error. (3) The problem is part of a numerical methods quiz assigned by Prof. Dr. Lars Linsen at Jacobs University with a time limit of 15 minutes.

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(1) The document provides instructions for a quiz problem on Gaussian elimination to solve a system of linear equations in normalized floating point representation with a precision of 4 digits. (2) Students are asked to write the system of equations in normalized floating point format, apply naive Gaussian elimination showing steps, and explain loss of significant digits. They also compute the residual error and how to calculate relative error. (3) The problem is part of a numerical methods quiz assigned by Prof. Dr. Lars Linsen at Jacobs University with a time limit of 15 minutes.

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Q UIZ 2

120202: ESM4A - N UMERICAL M ETHODS

Spring 2016

Prof. Dr. Lars Linsen


School of Engineering and Science
Jacobs University

February 17, 2016

Problem Q.2: Gaussian Elimination. (2+8+3+2=15 points)


Given a system of linear equations by
x + 10, 000y = 20, 000
10, 000x + 30, 000y = 70, 000
we want to solve it assuming a normalized floating point representation in a decimal
system with precision k = 4, i.e., base b = 10 and the mantissa uses up to k = 4 digits.
(a) Write the system in normalized floating point representation (with k = 4 and
b = 10).
(b) Apply Naive Gaussian Elimination to solve the linear equation system in the given
floating point representation. Show all computation steps and explain why we
have a loss of significant digits.
(c) Compute the residual error of the solution computed in (b).
(d) How would one compute the relative error of the solution?
Duration: 15 min.

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