(1) The document provides instructions for a quiz problem on Gaussian elimination to solve a system of linear equations in normalized floating point representation with a precision of 4 digits. (2) Students are asked to write the system in normalized floating point representation, apply naive Gaussian elimination showing steps, and explain loss of significant digits. (3) They also compute the residual error and how to calculate relative error of the solution.
(1) The document provides instructions for a quiz problem on Gaussian elimination to solve a system of linear equations in normalized floating point representation with a precision of 4 digits. (2) Students are asked to write the system in normalized floating point representation, apply naive Gaussian elimination showing steps, and explain loss of significant digits. (3) They also compute the residual error and how to calculate relative error of the solution.
(1) The document provides instructions for a quiz problem on Gaussian elimination to solve a system of linear equations in normalized floating point representation with a precision of 4 digits. (2) Students are asked to write the system in normalized floating point representation, apply naive Gaussian elimination showing steps, and explain loss of significant digits. (3) They also compute the residual error and how to calculate relative error of the solution.
School of Engineering and Science Jacobs University
February 17, 2016
Problem Q.2: Gaussian Elimination. (2+8+3+2=15 points)
Given a system of linear equations by x + 10, 000y = 20, 000 10, 000x + 30, 000y = 70, 000 we want to solve it assuming a normalized floating point representation in a decimal system with precision k = 4, i.e., base b = 10 and the mantissa uses up to k = 4 digits. (a) Write the system in normalized floating point representation (with k = 4 and b = 10). (b) Apply Naive Gaussian Elimination to solve the linear equation system in the given floating point representation. Show all computation steps and explain why we have a loss of significant digits. (c) Compute the residual error of the solution computed in (b). (d) How would one compute the relative error of the solution? Duration: 15 min.