QUESTION BANK - AE662

UNIT 1
Sl.No. Questions Marks
1 Evaluate f(1) using Taylor’s series for f(x), where f(x) = x3 - 3x2 + 5x – 10. 6
2 Given f(x) = sin x, construct the Taylor series approximations of orders 0 to 10
𝜋
7 at x = and state their absolute errors.
3
3 Apply Cramer’s rule to solve 3x+y+2z =3, 2x-3y-z = -3, x+2y+z = 4 6
4 Apply factorization method to solve the equations 16
3x + 2y + 7z = 4, 2x + 3y + z = 5, 3x + 4y + z =7.
5 Solve the equations 10x – 7y + 3z + 5u = 6, –6x + 8y – z – 4u = 5, 3x + y + 16
4z + 11u = 2, 5x + 9y – 2z + 4u = 7 by factorization method.

6 Solve, by Jacobi’s iteration method, the equations 6

20x + y – 2z = 17, 3x + 20y – z = –18, 2x – 3y + 20z = 25.

7 Solve the equations by Gauss-Jacobi iteration method. 10

10x1 – 2x2 – x3 – x4 = 3
–2x1 + 10x2 – x3 – x4 = 15
–x1 – x2 + 10x3 – 2x4 = 27
–x1 – x2 – 2x3 + 10x4 = –9
8 Apply Gauss-Seidal iteration method to solve the equations 6
20x + y – 2z = 17, 3x + 20y – z = –18, 2x – 3y + 20z = 25
9 Solve the equations by Gauss-Jacobi method and Gauss-Seidal method. 16
27x + 6y – z = 85, x + y + 54z = 110, 6x + 15y + 2z = 72
10 Solve, by Relaxation method, the equations 10
9x – 2y + z = 50, x + 5y – 3z = 18, –2x + 2y + 7z = 19.
11 Solve the equations by Relaxation method 10
10x – 2y – 3z = 205, –2x + 10y – 2z = 154, –2x – y + 10z = 120

UNIT 2
Sl.No. Questions Marks

1 Find the polynomial f(x) by using Lagrange’s formula and hence find f(3) 6
for
x 0 1 2 5
f(x) 2 3 12 147
2 Find the missing term in the following table using Lagrange’s interpolation 6
x 0 1 2 3 4
y 1 3 9 …. 81

3 Using Newton’s divided differences formula, evaluate f(8) and f(15) given: 10
x 4 5 7 10 11 13
y = f(x) 48 100 294 900 1210 2028

4 Using Newton’s divided difference formula, find the missing value from the 10
table
x 1 2 4 5 6
y 14 15 5 …. 9

5 Obtain the cubic spline for the following data: 16

x 0 1 2 3
y 2 -6 -8 2

6 The following table gives the values of x and y: 10

x 1.2 2.1 2.8 4.1 4.9 6.2
y 4.2 6.8 9.8 13.4 15.5 19.6

Find the value of x corresponding to y = 12, using Lagrange’s technique.

7 Find the cubic spline interpolation for the data 16

x 1 2 3 4 5
f(x) 1 0 1 0 1
8 The table gives the distance in nautical miles of the visible horizon for the 10
given heights in feet above the earth’s surface:
x = height 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
y = distance 10.63 13.03 15.04 16.81 18.42 19.90 21.27
Using Newton’s Interpolation method, find the values of y when
(i) x = 160 feet
(ii) x = 410.

9 Given the values, evaluate f(9), using Newton’s divided difference formula 10
x 5 7 11 13 17
f(x) 150 392 1452 2366 5202

10 Find the eigen values and eigen vectors of the matrix 16

8 −6 2
A = [−6 7 −4]
2 −4 3

11 Determine the largest eigen value and the corresponding eigen vector of the 6
5 4
matrix using power method [ ]
1 2

12 Determine the largest eigen value and the corresponding eigen vector of the 10
matrix using Power method. Take [1,0,0]T as initial eigen vector.

2 −1 0
[−1 2 −1]
0 −1 2

13 Using the Jacobi method, find all the eigen values and the corresponding 16
eigen vectors of the matrix
1 √2 2
𝐴 = [√2 3 √2]
2 √2 1

14 Obtain using Jacobi’s method, all the eigen values and eigen vectors of the 16
matrix
1 1 0.5
𝐴= [ 1 1 0.25]
0.5 0.5 2
15 The following table gives the values of z for different values of x and y. 10
Using double interpolation, find z when x = 2.5 and y = 1.5.
x
y 0 1 2 3 4
0 0 1 4 9 16
1 2 3 6 11 18
2 6 7 10 15 22
3 12 12 16 21 28
4 18 19 22 27 34
16 The table below gives the values of tan x for 0.10 ≤ x ≤ 0.30. 8
x y = tan x
0.10 0.1003
0.15 0.1511
0.20 0.2027
0.25 0.2553
0.30 0.3093

Find using Newton’s formula for interpolation

a) tan 0.12
b) tan 0.26
c) tan 0.40
d) tan 0.50

17 Reduce the matrix to the tridiagonal form using householder’s method. 10

1 3 4
𝐴 = [3 2 −1]
4 −1 1

18 Using the householder’s method, reduce the following method to the 10

tridiagonal form
1 4 3
𝐴 = [4 1 2 ]
3 2 1
 UNIT 3
Sl.No. Questions Marks
1 From the following table of values of x and y, obtain dy/dx and d2y/dx2 for 10
x = 1.2.
x y
1.0 2.7183
1.2 3.3201
1.4 4.0552
1.6 4.9530
1.8 6.0496
2.0 7.3891
2.2 9.0250

2 Find dy/dx and d2y/dx2 at x = 1.6 for the following table. 10

x y
1.0 2.7183
1.2 3.3201
1.4 4.0552
1.6 4.9530
1.8 6.0496
2.0 7.3891
2.2 9.0250
3 1 1 10
Evaluate 𝐼 = ∫0
1+𝑥
𝑑𝑥 correct to three decimal places.

4 1 1 16
Evaluate 𝐼 = ∫0 ∫0 𝑒 𝑥+𝑦 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑦 using trapezoidal rules.
With h = k = 0.5, we have the following table of values of 𝑒 𝑥+𝑦
x
y 0 0.5 1.0
0 1 1.6487 2.7183
0.5 1.6487 2.7183 4.4817
1.0 2.7183 4.4817 7.3891

5 Given that 10
𝑑𝑦 𝑑2𝑦
Find and at (a) x = 1.1 (b) x = 1.6
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥 2

x 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6

y 7.989 8.403 8.781 9.129 9.451 9.750 10.031
6 6 𝑑𝑥 6
Evaluate ∫ by using Trapezoidal rule
0 1+𝑥 2
7 6 𝑑𝑥 6
Evaluate ∫ by using Simpson’s 1/3 rule
0 1+𝑥 2

8 1 𝑥2 10
Evaluate the integral ∫
0 1+𝑥 3
𝑑𝑥 using Simpson’s 1/3 rule. Compare the
error with the exact value.
9 1 𝑑𝑥 8
Evaluate ∫ using Gauss formula for n = 2
−1 1+𝑥 2

10 1 𝑑𝑥 8
Evaluate ∫ using Gauss formula for n = 3.
−1 1+𝑥 2
11 1 𝑑𝑥 10
Using 3-point Gaussian Quadrature formula, evaluate ∫
0 1+𝑥
12 2 𝑥 2 +2𝑥+1 10
Evaluate ∫
0 1+(𝑥+1)4
𝑑𝑥 by Gaussian 3-point formula.
13 1.5 −𝑥 2 10
Evaluate ∫
0.2
𝑒 𝑑𝑥 using the 3-point Gaussian quadrature.

14 Fit a straight line to the following data: 10

x 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 10
y 5 5 4 5 4 3 4 3 3

2
15 Using the method of least squares, fit the curve y = ax + b / x to the 10
following data:

x 1 2 3 4
y -1.51 0.99 8.88 7.66

16 An experiment gave the following values: 10

v(ft/min): 350 400 500 600
t(min): 61 26 7 2.6
b
It is known that v and t are connected by the relation v=at . Find the best
possible values of a and b.
bx
17 Fit a curve of the form y = ae to the following data: 10

x: 0 1 2 3
y: 1.05 2.10 3.85 8.30
 UNIT 4
Sl.No. Questions Marks
3
1 Find a root of the equation x – 4x – 9 = 0, using the bisection method 6
correct to three decimal places.
2 Find a root of the equation cos x = xex , using the bisection method correct to 6
four decimal places.
3 Find a positive real root of xlog10x = 1.2 using the bisection method. 6
4 Find the real root of the equation x3 – 2x – 5 = 0 by the method of false 6
position correct to three decimal places.
5 Use the method of false position, to find the fourth root of 32 correct to three 6
decimal places.
6 Find the root of the equation x3 – 2x – 5 = 0 using secant method. Correct to 6
three decimal places.
7 Find the root of the equation xex = cos x using secant method correct upto 10
four decimal places.
8 Find the positive root of x4 – x = 10 correct to three decimal places, using 6
Newton Raphson method. Take initial approximation x0 = 2.
9 Find by Newton’s method, the real root of the equation 3x = cosx + 1, 10
correct to four decimal places. Take initial approximate x0 = 0.6.
10 Use Muller’s method with initial guesses of x0, x1 and x2 = 4.5, 5.5 and 5.0 16
respectively to determine a root of the equation f(x) = x3-13x-12.
11 Apply Muller’s method with initial guesses of x0, x1 and x2 = -1, 0 and 1 16
respectively to find the root of cos x = xex which lies between 0 and 1,
correct to three decimal places.

UNIT 5
Sl.No. Questions Marks
1 Classify the following equations: 10
 2u  2u  2u u u
i)  4  4  2 0
x 2
xy y 2
x y
u 2
u2
ii) x 2 2  (1  y 2 ) 2  0,  x  ., -1<y<1
x y
u
2
 2u  2u
iii) (1 x 2 ) 2  (5  2x 2 )  (4  x 2 ) 2  0
x xt t
and write down finite difference approximations to the following partial

derivatives:

u  2 u u  2 u
, , , .
x x 2 y y 2
2 Derive Schmidt’s explicit finite difference formula for the solution of one 10
dimensional heat equation.
u  2u
 c2 2 .
t x
3 Derive Crank Nicolson’s formula for the solution of one dimensional heat 10
equation.
4 Solve the boundary value problem ut = uxx under the condition u(0,t) = 16
u(1,t) = 0 and u(x,0) = sin πx, 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 using Schmidt method (Take h =
0.2 and α = ½, t upto 0.1)
5 u  2u 16
Find the values of u(x,t) satisfying the parabolic equation  4 2 and
t x
1 2
the boundary condition u(0,t)=0=u(8,t) and 𝑢(𝑥, 0) = 4𝑥 − 2 𝑥 at the
points x = i , i= 0,1,2,...,7 and
1
t = 8 j, j = 0,1,2,…5.

6 u  2 u 8
Solve the equation  , subject to the conditions u(x,0) = Sinx, 0x1;
t x 2
u(0,t)=u(1,t) using Schmidt method, carrying out computations for two
levels, taking h =1/3, k =1/36.

7 u  2 u 8
Solve the equation  2 , subject to the conditions u(x,0) = Sinx,
t x
0  x  1; u(0,t)=u(1,t) using Crank-Nicolson, carrying out computations for
two levels, taking h =1/3, k =1/36.

8 
Derive solution of the wave equation. 10

9 Evaluate the pivotal values of the equation utt = 16 uxx, taking Δx = 1 upto 16
t=1.25. The boundary conditions are u(0,1) = u(5,t) = 0, ut (x,0) = 0 and
u(x,0) = x2(5-x).
10 Solve ytt = yxx upto t = 0.5 with a spacing of 0.1 subject to y(0,t) = 0, 16
y(1,t) = 0, yt(x,0) = 0 and y(x,0) = 10 + x(1-x)