École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad
MA2208 (Numerical Methods), Problem Sheet−VI
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1. Consider the IVP = y − x2 + 1, 0 ≤ x ≤ 2, y(0) = 0.5 and D = {(x, y) | 0 ≤ x ≤ 2, y ∈ R}. Show
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that the IVP is well-posed.
2. Discuss existence, uniqueness, maximal interval of existence of solutions for the following initial value
problem.
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= y 2 , y(1) = 1.
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3. Using Euler’s method, solve the IVP (Initial Value Problem) = 100y −101e−x , 0 ≤ x ≤ 1, y(0) = 1
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and D = {(x, y) | 0 ≤ x ≤ 1, y ∈ R} to find an approximate value of y(0.4) by dividing the interval
into 10 equal parts. What is your conclusion ?
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4. Using Euler’s method, solve the IVP = y − x2 + 1, 0 ≤ x ≤ 2, y(0) = 0.5 to find an approximate
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value of y(0.8) by dividing the interval into 10 equal parts. Then compute the actual error at the
nodes.
5. Using Taylor’s series method of order 2 and Runge-Kutta method of order 2 and order 4, solve the
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IVP = y − x2 + 1, 0 ≤ x ≤ 2, y(0) = 0.5 to find an approximate value of y(0.8) by dividing the
dx
interval into 10 equal parts. Then compute the actual errors at the nodes.