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This document contains instructions for 11 interpolation problems involving techniques like Gauss forward and backward interpolation, Stirling's formula, Bessel's formula, Lagrange interpolation, Newton's divided difference formula, least squares method, natural cubic spline interpolation, and cubic spline interpolation. The problems involve finding missing or estimated values, fitting polynomials to data, and determining derivatives from given data sets using the appropriate interpolation methods.

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This document contains instructions for 11 interpolation problems involving techniques like Gauss forward and backward interpolation, Stirling's formula, Bessel's formula, Lagrange interpolation, Newton's divided difference formula, least squares method, natural cubic spline interpolation, and cubic spline interpolation. The problems involve finding missing or estimated values, fitting polynomials to data, and determining derivatives from given data sets using the appropriate interpolation methods.

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CHAPTER 4: INTERPOLATION
1. Use appropriate interpolation techniques to find y(x) and estimate y(15) and y(85) from the following data:
x 10 30 50 70 90
y 34 56 45 23 36

2. Use: a) Gauss’ forward &


b) Gauss’ backward formula to evaluate y25, given that y20 = 24, y24 = 32, y28 = 35, y32 = 40

3. Write Stirling’s formula and use it to find u42, given that u30 = 49225, u35 = 48316, u40 = 47236,
u45 = 45926, u50 = 44306.

4. From the following data, estimate the number of items having price between Rs. 2000-2500 using Bessel’s
Formula.
Price in Rs. 0-1000 1000-2000 2000-3000 3000-4000 4000-5000
No. of items 114 220 325 434 535

5. a) Write a pseudocode to interpolate the given sets of data using Lagrange’s Interpolation.
b) Obtain the Lagrange’s polynomial f(x) and find the missing term in the table given below:
Year 2005 2007 2008 2010 2015
Profit in Crores 43 65 ? 160 250

6. Use Newton’s divided difference formula to find f(x) and calculate f(3) from the given data:
f(0)=1, f(1)=14, f(2)=15, f(4)=5, f(5)=6, and f(6)=19.

7. What is the practical significance of the least squares method of curve fitting? Derive the normal
equations to fit a given set of data to a linear equation: y = ax + b.
8. Fit a second-degree polynomial function to the following data:
x 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
y = f(x) 20.4 18.6 18.1 16.5 15.9 17.4 19.3

9. The variables t and s are connected by the relation: t = a + becs and their corresponding values are given
in the following table. Find the best possible values of a, b and c.
s 1 2 6 8 11
t 12.7 12.5 11.6 11.3 11

10. Use least squares method to fit the given data using the model: y = ax + b + c/x.
x 0 5 10 15 20 25
y 12 15 17 22 24 30

11. Find y at x = 4.5 from the following data using Natural Cubic Spline interpolation.
x 1 3 5 7 9
y 10 12 11 13 9

12. Compute y’(3.5) from the following data using Cubic Spline Interpolation.
x 1 2 3 4
y 1 5 11 8
Date of Submission: 2079/10/13

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