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SIXTH SEMESTER B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MARCH 2017

(CUCBCSS-UG)

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PHY 6B 13 (El)-COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

Time: Three Hours Maximum: 80 Marks

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Section A

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Answer in a word or a phrase.
Answer all questions.
Each question carries 1 mark.

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1. In python > is known as

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2. In python the result! of 24 % 6 is ------

3. In difference table 62 Y1 = ------

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4. The second order R-K method is known as ----

5. The index of the first element of a list is ------

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Questions 6 to 10: write True or False

6. When step size increases, round of error increases.

7. Simpson's rule is accurate only if the number of element is odd.

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8. Least square approximation is a method for curve fitting.

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9. Extracting a part from string is known as indexing.

10. The first order R-K method is known as Euler's method.

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(10 x 1 = 10 marks)

Section B
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Answer in two or three sentences each.

Answer all questions.
Each question carries 2 marks
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11. Give the difference between x = y and x = = y.

12. What is truncation error in numerical analysis?

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13. What is discretisation ?

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14. Give the syntax of the function rangeO in python.

15. Give the difference between inputO and raw input 0 functions.

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16. What is the need of optimization of step size?

17. What is a tuple?

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(7 x 2 = 14 marks)

Section C

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(Answer in a paragraph ofabout half a page to one page.
Answer any five questions.

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Each question carries 4 marks.

18. Explain the difference between local variable and global variable.

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19. Discuss trapezoidal rule for numerical integration.

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21.
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Explain the R-K method to solve first order differential equation.

Discuss dynamic type ystem associated with python language.

22. Write a python program to obtain multiplication table up to 15 of a given number.

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23. Give some advantages of numerical methods over analytical methods.

24. Write note on modify loops using break and continue.

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(5 x 4 = 20 marks)

Section D
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Proble ms-write all relevant for mulas, all i mportant steps carry separate marks.
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Answer any four questions.

Each question carries 4 marks.

25. Using Newton-Raphson method, find the root of f (x) = x2 - 3x + 2.

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26. : = 3x 2 + 1 is with an initial value y = 2 when x = 1. Solve it for x == 2 with a step size 0.25. Use
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Euler's method.

27. From the following table estimate the area bounded by the curve and the x-axis from x = 0 to
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x = 1. Use trapezoidal rule.

x 0 0. 2 0.4 0. 6 0. 8 1.0
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Y 2. 00 2.04 2.16 2.36 2.64 3.00

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2! 3!

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30. Using Simpson's 1/3 rule with a step size 0.1, find 2 dx.
1 X + 2X

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31. A body is falling freely from a height under gravity. Find the velocity and position at the end of
1 second. Tabulate the values at an interval of 0.25 second.

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(4 x 4 = 16 marks)

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Essays-answer in about two pages each.

Answer any two questions.
Each question carries 10 marks.
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32. Explain the method of making user-defined function with examples. Write a program to find
factorial of a given number using user defined function.
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33. Obtain Newton's forward difference interpolation formula. Construct a difference table and find
the value of y corresponding to x = 2.5 from the following data:

x 1 2 3 4
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y 1 8 27 64
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34. What is curve fitting? Discuss the principle of least squares and straight line fitting. Find the
equation of the best fit straight line for the following data points.
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x 1 2 4 5 6 8 9

y 2 5 7 10 12 15 19
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35. What is interpolation? Discuss various types of finite difference operator. Construct a forward
difference table for the following data:

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0.25 0.26 0.27 0.28

Y 0.2474 0.2571 0.2667 0.2764 0.2860

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