Unit 1
1. Bisection method
𝑎𝑛 + 𝑏𝑛
𝑥𝑛 =
2
2. False position ( Regula falsi )
𝑎𝑛 𝑓(𝑏𝑛 ) − 𝑏𝑛 𝑓(𝑎𝑛 )
𝑥𝑛 =
𝑓(𝑏𝑛 ) − 𝑓(𝑎𝑛 )
3. Newton-Raphson
𝑓 (𝑥𝑛 )
𝑥𝑛+1 = 𝑥𝑛 −
𝑓 ′ (𝑥𝑛 )
4. Rate of convergence
Unit 2
1. Forward Difference
Δ𝑓 (𝑥𝑖 ) = 𝑓(𝑥𝑖+1 ) − 𝑓(𝑥𝑖 )
2. Backward difference
∇𝑓(𝑥𝑖 ) = 𝑓(𝑥𝑖 ) − 𝑓 (𝑥𝑖−1 )
3. Central Difference
δ𝑓(𝑥𝑖 ) = 𝑓 (𝑥𝑖+1 ) − 𝑓(𝑥𝑖−1 )
4. Shift operator E
𝐸𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑓(𝑥 + ℎ)
Δ= 𝐸 − 1
5. Newton’s forward difference formula
𝑢(𝑢 − 1) 2 𝑢(𝑢 − 1)(𝑢 − 2) 3
𝑓(𝑥 ) = 𝑓0 + 𝑢Δ𝑓0 + Δ 𝑓0 + Δ 𝑓0 +..
2! 3!
Where
𝑥 − 𝑥0
𝑢=
ℎ
6. Newton’s backward difference formula
𝑢(𝑢 + 1) 2 𝑢(𝑢 + 1)(𝑢 + 2) 3
𝑓(𝑥 ) = 𝑓𝑛 + 𝑢∇𝑓𝑛 + ∇ 𝑓𝑛 + ∇ 𝑓𝑛 +..
2! 3!
Where
𝑥 − 𝑥0
𝑢=
ℎ
7. Newtn’s divided difference
8. Lagrange’s Interpolation formula
9. Stirling’s formula
𝑢2 2 𝑢(𝑢2 − 1) 3 𝑢2 (𝑢2 − 1) 4
𝑓(𝑥 ) = 𝑓0 + 𝑢Δ𝑓0 + Δ 𝑓0 + Δ 𝑓−1/2 + Δ 𝑓0 ..
2! 3! 4!
Unit 3
3. Trapezoidal rule
𝑏
ℎ
∫ 𝑓(𝑥 ) 𝑑𝑥 = [𝑓 + 𝑓𝑛 + 2(𝑓1 + 𝑓2 + ⋯ + 𝑓𝑛−1 )]
𝑎 2 0
4. Simpson’s 1/3 Rule
𝑏
ℎ
∫ 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑑𝑥 = [𝑓 + 𝑓𝑛 + 4(𝑓1 + 𝑓3 + ⋯ + 𝑓𝑛−1 ) + 2(𝑓2 + 𝑓4 + ⋯ + 𝑓𝑛−2 )]
𝑎 3 0
5. Simpson’s 3/8 Rule
𝑏
3ℎ
∫ 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑑𝑥 = [𝑓 + 𝑓𝑛 + 3(𝑓1 + 𝑓2 + 𝑓4 + 𝑓5 + ⋯ ) + 2(𝑓3 + 𝑓6 + ⋯ )]
𝑎 8 0
Where
𝑏−𝑎
ℎ=
𝑛
You split the interval [𝑎, 𝑏]into n equal parts.
The width of each small part is h.
Unit 4
1. Gauss elimination
Same as manipulating of equations to find value of all 3 variables
And putting them in each other
2. Gauss Siedel iterative method
3. Gauss- Jacobi method
Unit 5
1. Euler’s Method
𝑦𝑛+1 = 𝑦𝑛 + ℎ 𝑓(𝑥𝑛 , 𝑦𝑛 )
2. Picard’s Method
𝑦𝑛+1 = 𝑦𝑛 + ℎ 𝑓(𝑥𝑛 , 𝑦𝑛 )
3. Runge-Kutta 4th order