Assignment # 4

Q 1: Construct the Lagrange Interpolation Polynomial for the data given below:

x -1 1 4 7
f(x) -2 0 63 342

Hence, interpolate at x = 5.

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Q2. (a) Obtain the divided difference table for the following data:

x -2 -1 0 1 3 4
f(x) 9 16 17 18 44 81

(b) Find f(x) as polynomial in x by using Newton’s divided difference interpolation. Hence
interpolate at x =0.5.

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Q3. Construct the forward difference table for the following data:

x -2 -1 0 1 2 3
f(x) 15 5 1 3 11 25

Hence, find f(0.5) using Newton’s forward difference interpolation formula.

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Q4. Construct the Backward difference table for the following data:

x 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1

f(x) -1.699 -1.073 -0.375 0.443 1.429 2.631

Hence, interpolate at x= 1.0 using Newton’s backward difference interpolation formula.

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