Numerical Methods Qualification Exam Problems and Solutions (University of Maryland)/Aug08 667

Problem 4a

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Show that the two-step method

 

is of order 2 but does not satisfy the root condition.

Solution 4a

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Method of Order 2

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Method   finds an approximation for   such that  .


Let   be the  th point of evaluation where   is the starting point and   is the step size.

Taylor Expansion of y' about a_0

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Substituting into the second term on the right hand side of   and simplifying yields


 

Taylor Expansion of y about a_0

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Since  , we also take Taylor Expansion of   about  


 


Substituting and simplifying yields,

 

Take Difference of Taylor Expansions

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Hence   shows that (1) is a method of order 2.

Does Not Satisfy Root Condition

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The Characteristic equation of (1) is

 

Giving the roots

 
 

  clearly does not satisfy  

Problem 4b

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Give an example to show that the method (1) need not converge when solving  .

Solution 4b

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Let  . Then  . We have the difference equation


 


which has general solution (use the roots)


 


If  , then   as  


 


 


Hence,  . Therefore if  , then  .

Problem 5

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Consider the boundary value problem


 

Problem 5a

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Prove that   has at most one solution

Solution 5a

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Let   and   be solutions. Let  .


By subtracting the two equations and their conditions we have


 


Multiplying by test function   and integrating by parts from 0 to 1, we want to find   such that for all  


 


Let  . Then, we have


 


Since  ,  , and   are all  ,  . Hence  .

Problem 5b

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Discretize the problem. Take a uniform partition of  


 


Use the three point difference formula for   and the simplest difference formula for the boundary condition at  . Write the resulting system as a matrix vector equation   where  


Solution 5b

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The three point difference formula for   is given by

 

Equations for i=2,...,n-2

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Substituting into   with our difference formula we have in matrix formulation


 

Equation for i=1

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We can eliminate the   variable by using the approximation


 


which implies


 


Using this relationship and the three difference formula, we have


 

Equations for i=n-1

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Since  , we can eliminate the   variable by substituting into the n-1 equation.

 

Problem 5c

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Prove that the equation found in   has a unique solution


Solution 5c

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Since the matrix   is diagonally dominant, the system   has unique solution.

Problem 5d

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Transform the problem   into an equivalent problem with homogeneous boundary conditions.

Solution 5d

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Let  ,a solution of the boundary value problem, be represented as the sum of solutions to two different boundary value problems i.e.


  where


 


 


 


Suppose  . Then


  and   which implies   and hence


 


Substituting into  , we then have


 


which implies


 


Since  , we have  


Therefore an equivalent boundary value problem with hemogenous boundary conditions is given by


 

Problem 5e

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Obtain the variational formulation of the problem formulated in  . Specify the Sobolev space   involved. Prove that this problem has a unique solution, which we denote by  .

Solution 5e

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Variational Formulation and Sobolev space

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Using the problem's notation, we want to find   such that for all  , we have


 


The above comes from integrating by parts and applying the boundary conditions.

Unique Solution

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To show that   is unique, we show that the hypothesis of the Lax-Milgram Theorem are met.

a(v,w) bounded and continuous

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a(v,v) coercive

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F(v) bounded

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Problem 5f

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Consider the approximation of   by piecewise linear finite elements. Define precisely the piecewise linear finite element subspace (use the partition (3)). Show that the finite element problem has a unique solution.

Problem 5g

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Show that   and indicate how the constant   depends on the derivatives of  .

Solution 5

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Problem 6

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Let   be a nonlinear function with zero  :


 ,  .


Consider the iteration

 ,  .


Problem 6a

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Prove (4) is locally convergent.

Solution 6a

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  is a fixed point iteration. By the contraction mapping theorem, if   is a contraction in some neighborhood of   then the iteration converges at least linearly.


We have to show there exists   such that  .


By the mean value theorem we have that  , that is   for some   in our neighborhood of  .


In particular,  , implying that   is a contraction and that the iterative method converges at least linearly.


Calculating the Jacobian

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Problem 6b

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Show that the convergence is at least quadratic.

Solution 6b

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where   satisfies   when  .


Then, we obtain  .

Problem 6c

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Write the Newton iteration and compare it with (4)

Solution 6c

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The Newton iteration looks like this:

 


 


Where B is the inverse of the Jacobian of f.


 


That is,   in the Newton Iteration gives (4).