Assignment 2 ME
Assignment 2 ME
1) In the following table, one value of is incorrect and that is a cubic polynomial in .
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
y 25 21 18 18 27 45 76 123
Construct a difference table for and use it to locate and correct the wrong value.
2) The values of a polynomial of degree 5 are tabulated below. If is known to be an error, find its correct
value.
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
y 1 2 33 254 1025 3126 7777
3) Given , , , ,
and . Using Newton’s interpolation formula find . Estimate the error.
4) The following table gives the values of the probability integral ∫ for certain
√
values of . Find the value of their integral at using Bessel’s formula.
6) From the following table, obtain as a polynomial in powers of using Newton’s method.
x 0 2 3 4 5 6
f(x) 4 26 58 112 466 922
7) The observed values of a function are 168, 120, 72 and 63 at the four positions 3, 7, 9 and 10 of the
argument, respectively. What is the best estimate for the value of the function at position 6.