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MA5892 Problem Sheet - 1

Numerical Methods & Scientific Computing


Department of Mathematics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras

1. Show that the orthogonal monomials qi (x), i = 0, 1, 2, 3, · · · N satisfy

qn+1 = xqn − βn qn−1

2. If q0 = 1 and q1 = x, then compute q2 using the recurrence relation in


Q1.
3. Show that any qn has exactly n number of real and distinct roots between
−1 and 1.
1
 
1
 
4. Scale the Legendre polynomials 1, x, 2 3x2 − 1 , and 2 5x3 − 3x , to
from an orthonormal basic for P3 (x).
5. Show that the Legendre polynomials satisfy the conditions
(a)
di 2
(x − 1)n = 0, 0 ≤ i ≤ n at x = ±1
dxi
(b)
dn 2
n
(x − 1)n = 2n n!, at x = 1
dx
6. Prove the following
(a)
R1
qn2 dx n2
−1
βn = = 2
R1 2 4n − 1
qn−1 dx
−1

(b)
R1
Q2n dx 2n − 1
−1
=
R1 2n + 1
Q2n−1 dx
−1
R1  n+1 2
7. Show that the polynomial that minimizes the integral x − p(x) dx
−1
is p(x) = xn+1 − qn+1 (x).
n
8. Consider f (x) = pn (x) = ai Qi (x), where
P
i=0

2i + 1 Z1 (i)
ai = i+1 f (x)(1 − x2 )i dx
2 i! −1

(a) If f (x) = ex , compute a0 and a1 .


(b) Is it correct to say, all these ai are non-negative in this case?

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