UNIDAD CENTRAL DEL VALLE DEL CAUCA

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
PROGRAMS: ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
SUBJECT: NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, Sem 2019 02
WORKSHOP No 1: Review of Calculation

Profesor: Efraín Vásquez Millán

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1. Find in each case lı́m xn . Then determine εn = L − xn and calculate lı́m εn , if you know that:
n→∞ n→∞

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a. {xn } = { 4n+1
2n+1 }. b. {xn } = { 2n +6n−1
4n2 +2n+1
}.

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2. Let xn n=1 be a sequence such that lı́m xn = 2
n→∞

a. Find lı́m sin xn b. Find lı́m ln x2n

n→∞ n→∞

3. Show that the function 

x sin( 1 ), si x 6= 0,
x
f (x) =
0, si x = 0

is continuous at 0 but it is not differentiable at 0.

4. Find the number(s) c referred to in the intermediate value theorem for each function over the indicated
interval and for the given value of L.

a. f (x) = −x2 + 2x + 3 over [−1, 0], using L = 2

√
b. f (x) = x2 − 5x + 2 over [6, 8], using L = 3

5. Find the upper and lower bounds referred to in the extreme value theorem for each function over the
indicated interval.

a. f (x) = x2 − 3x + 1 over [−1, 2], b. f (x) = cos2 x − sin x over [0, 2π]

6. Find the numbers c referred to in the mean value theorem for each function over the indicated interval.
√
a. f (x) = x over [0, 4], c. f (x) = 3 − 2x + x2 over [1, 3]
x2
b. f (x) = x+1 over [0, 1] d. f (x) = x6 + x4 − 1 over [0, 1]

7. Find the number(s) c referred to in Rolle’s theorem for each function over the indicated interval.

a. f (x) = x4 − 4x2 over [−2, 2], b. f (x) = sin(x) + sin(2x) over [0, 2π]

8. Apply the generalized Rolle’s theorem to f (x) = x(x − 1)(x − 3) over [0, 3].

9. Apply the first fundamental theorem of calculus to each function over the indicated interval.
3x
a. f (x) = xex over [0, 2], b. f (x) = over [−1, 1]
x2 +1

10. Apply the second fundamental theorem of calculus to each function.

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 d
Rx Rx3
a. dx t2 cos tdt b. d 2
et dt
0 dx
1

11. Find the number(s) c referred to in the mean value theorem for integrals for each function, over the
indicated interval.

a. f (x) = 6x2 en [−3, 4], b. f (x) = x cos x en [0, 3π/2]

12. Find the average area of all circles centered at the origin with radio between 1 and 3.

13. Show that the following equations have at least one solution in the given interval.

a. x3 = ex sin x, [1, 4]
b. x = 3−x , [0, 1]
c. x cos x − 2x2 + 3x − 1 = 0, [0· 2, 0· 3] y [1· 2, 1· 3]

14. Find intervals containing solutions to the following equations.

a. x − 3−x = 0 c. x3 + 4· 001x2 + 4· 002x + 1· 101 = 0

b. 4x2 − ex = 0

15. Show that f 0 (x) is 0 at least once in the given intervals.

a. f (x) = 1 − ex + (e − 1) sin( πx
2 ), [0, 1]. c. f (x) = (x − 2) sin x ln(x + 2), [−1, 3]
b. f (x) = x sin πx − (x − 2) ln x, [1, 2] .

16. Find máx |f (x)| for the following functions and intervals.
a≤x≤b

a. f (x) = (2 − ex + 2x)/3, [0, 1]. c. f (x) = 1 + e− cos(x−1) , [1, 2]

b. f (x) = 2x cos(2x) − (x − 2)2 , [2, 4].

17. Find the sum of each sequences or series.

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a. 21n n=0 b. 32n n=1 c. 3
n2 +n
n=1

18. Use Taylor’s Theorem with n = 2 to prove that the inequality 1 + x < ex is valid for all real numbers
except x = 0.

19. Find the Taylor polinomial of degree n = 4 for each function expanded about given value x0
√
a. f (x) = x, x0 = 1 c. f (x) = cos x, x0 = 0
b. f (x) = x5 + 4x2 + 3x + 1, x0 = 0

20. What is the third term in the Taylor’s expansion of x2 + x − 2 about the point 3.

21. Determine the first four nonzero terms in the series expansion about zero for

a. f (x) = sin(x)+cos(x) and find an approximate c. Compare the accuracy of these approximations
value for f (0· 001) to those obtained from tables or via a calcula-
b. g(x) = (sin x)(cos x) and find an approximate tor.
value for g(0· 0006)

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22. What is the least number of terms required to compute π as 3· 14 (rounded) using the series

4 4 4 4
π =4− + − + − ···
3 5 7 9
23. Find the second Taylor polynomial P2 (x) for the function ex cos x about x0 = 0

a. Use P2 (0· 5) to approximate f (0· 5). Find an upper bound for error |f (0· 5) − P2 (0· 5)| using the error
formula, and compare it to the actual error.
b. Find a bound for the error |f (x) − P2 (x)| in using P2 (x) to approximate f (x) on the interval [0, 1].
R1 R1
c. Aproximate f (x)dx using 0 P2 (x)dx..
0
R1
d. Find an upper bound for the error in (c) using |R2 (x)|dx, and and compare the bound to the actual
0
error.
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24. Find the fourth Taylor polynomial P4 (x) for the function xex about x0 = 0.

a. Find an upper bound for |f (x) − P4 (x)|, for 0 ≤ x ≤ 0· 4.

0R· 4 0R· 4
b. Approximate f (x)dx using P4 (x)dx.
0 0
0R· 4
c. Find an upper bound for the error in (b) using |R4 (x)|(x)dx.
0
d. Approximate f 0 (0· 2) using P40 (0· 2) and find the error.

25. Find the fourth Taylor polynomial P4 (x) for the function f (x) = x cos x about x0 = 0. Aproximate f ( π6 )
and find an upper bound for |f (x) − P4 (x)|
π
26. Use a Taylor polynomial about 4, to approximate cos 42◦ to an accuracy of 10−6 .

27. Use a Taylor polynomial about e to approximate ln 3, to an accuracy of 10−4 .

28. Find Taylor polynomial for the function f (x) = cosh x aboutc = 0.

29. a. Find the Taylor serie about 0 for the function f (x) = ln(x + 1).
b. What is the least number of terms required to compute ln 1· 5 to an accuracy of 10−8 .
c. What is the least number of terms required to compute ln 1· 6 to an accuracy of 10−10 .

30. How many terms are required in the serie

∞
X 1
n!
n=0

to compute e to an accuracy of 10−21 .

31. Derive the Taylor series with remainder term for ln(1 + x) about 1. Derive an inequality that gives the
number of terms that must be to yield ln 4 with error less than 2−m .