Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Discipline of Mathematics
Tutorial-5, Spring-2020
Subject: Numerical Methods (MA 204)
Programme: B.Tech. (4th Semester)
Instructor: Bapan Ghosh

1. Determine constants c1 and c2 in the formula

Z 1
f (x)dx ≈ c1 f (0) + c2 f (1)
0

so that it is exact for all polynomials of as large a degree as possible. What is the
degree of precision of the formula? Write down an error formula.

2. Determine an error formula for the following approximation:

Z 1  
1 3 2
f (x)dx ≈ f (0) + f
0 4 4 3

3. Let
3h
Ih (f ) = [f (0) + 3f (2h)]
4
Z 3h
What is the degree of precision of the approximation Ih (f ) ≈ f (x)dx ?
0
Z 1
4. Approximate I(f ) = f (x)dx by replacing f (x) with P1 (x), the linear interpolant
−1
to f (x) at x = −1/3 and x = 1/3. Give the resulting numerical integration formula.
What is its degree of precision?
5. Show that if an quadrature formula of the form
Z b n
X
f (x)dx = wi f (xi )
a i=1

is exact for when integrating 1, x, x2 , ..., xm , then it is exact for all polynomials
of degree ≤ m.

6. Consider the approximation

Z 1
I(f ) = f (x)dx ≈ f (−β) + f (β)
−1

for some β satisfying 0 < β ≤ 1. Show that it has degree of precision greater than
or equal to 1 for any such choice of β. Choose β to obtain a formula with degree of
precision greater than 1. What is the degree of precision of this formula?

7. Consider integral
Z 1  
1
I(f ) = f (x)log dx
0 x

with f (x) a function with several continuous derivatives on 0 ≤ x ≤ 1. Find a

formula
MA 204 Tutorial-5 Spring-2020

Z 1  
1
f (x)log dx ≈ ω1 f (x1 )
0 x

which is exact if f (x) is any linear polynomial.

8. Consider approximating integrals of the form
Z 1 √
I(f ) = xf (x)dx
0

in which f (x) has several continuous derivatives on [0 1]. Find a formula

Z 1 √
xf (x)dx ≈ ω1 f (x1 )
0

which is exact if f (x) is any linear polynomial.

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