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Math 174 Final v1

December 5, 2005

• Please put your name, ID number, and sign and date.

• There are 8 problems worth a total of 200 points.

• You do not need to simplify arithmetic in your answers.

• You must show your work to receive credit.

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1 /25
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2 /25
7 /25
3 /25
8 /25
4 /25
Total /200
5 /25

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1. (25 pts) Verify that the polynomials

p(x) = x3 − 5x2 + 13x − 5


q(x) = x2 + 2x + 1

x 1 2 3
interpolate the data and explain why this does not violate the unique-
y 4 9 16
ness of the Lagrange interpolating polynomial.

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2. (25 pts) Determine the error term for the formula

−3f (x − h) + 4f (x) − f (x + h)
f 0 (x) ≈ .
2h
Hint: Taylor series says

h2 00 h3
f (x + h) = f (x) + hf 0 (x) + f (x) + f 000 (x) + . . . .
2! 3!

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3. (25 pts) Suppose f 0 (x) is approximated by the formula φ(h) such that

f 0 (x) = φ(h) + K3 h3 + K6 h6 + . . . .

Use the Richardson extrapolation idea to obtain a formula involving φ(h) and φ(h/2)
with error O(h6 ).

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4. (25 pts) Solve the system of differential equations
(
x0 = y + t
y0 = x

with initial conditions x(0) = −1 and y(0) = 0 at t = 1/2 using one step of second
order Runge-Kutta,
K~ 1 = hF~ (t, X)
~
K~ 2 = hF~ (t + h, X
~ +K~ 1)
~ ~2
x(t + h) ≈ x(t) + K1 + 2
K .

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5. (25 pts) Use Gaussian elimination with scaled partial pivoting to solve the linear system
of equations 

 2x − 6z = 2
−x + 4y = −2
x − 2y − 2z = 0.

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6. (25 pts) Let f (x) = 2x . Approximate 0 f (x) dx by the trapezoid rule,
Z b h
f (x) dx ≈ [f (x0 ) + 2f (x1 ) + . . . + 2f (xn−1 ) + f (xn )],
a 2
using partition points 0, 2, and 4. Repeat by using partition points 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Now apply Romberg extrapolation,

R(i, j) = R(i, j − 1) + 1 [R(i, j − 1) − R(i − 1, j − 1)],


4j − 1
R(i, 0) = trapezoid rule with 2i equal subintervals,

to obtain a better approximation.

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7. (25 pts) Calculate an approximate value (as a fraction) for 43/4 using one step of
Newton’s method,
f (xn )
xn+1 = xn − 0 ,
f (xn )
with x0 = 2.

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8. (25 pts) Use Adams-Moulton two-step implicit method given by

h
x(ti+1 ) ≈ x(ti ) + [5f (ti+1 , x(ti+1 )) + 8f (ti , x(ti )) − f (ti−1 , x(ti−1 ))]
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to solve the initial value problem
(
x0 = x + 2t
x(1) = 1

at t = 2 using x(3/2) ≈ 5/2.

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