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Minor Comp Raju

The document outlines the structure and content of a midterm exam for Computational Physics, scheduled for February 22, 2025, with a maximum score of 50. It includes various problems related to least square fitting, plasma physics, matrix equations, singular value decomposition, and numerical methods like Newton-Raphson. Additionally, it contains short answer questions and true/false statements to assess students' understanding of key concepts in computational physics.

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Minor Comp Raju

The document outlines the structure and content of a midterm exam for Computational Physics, scheduled for February 22, 2025, with a maximum score of 50. It includes various problems related to least square fitting, plasma physics, matrix equations, singular value decomposition, and numerical methods like Newton-Raphson. Additionally, it contains short answer questions and true/false statements to assess students' understanding of key concepts in computational physics.

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Midterm Exam , “Max Marks: 50 PYL204; Computational Physics Duration: 2 hrs Exam date: 22,02.2025 1, Use least square fitting to fit a parabola, y = a + bx’, to the following data: [5] x =1) 0 Geueeeea y 3 -6 39 822 1611 ’s phenomenon in polymonial interpolation? Discuss the Chebyshev’s remedy to get rid of the problem. [5] 4. fully ionized plasma consists of electrons and ions. A uniform plasma (n,=n, ns) is perturbed such that the electron density becomes [10] rn(x}=ra[1 + sech'(x while the ions density remains homogeneous, ie. n(x) = my « i) Write down a finite difference equivalent of a one dimensional Poisson equation, ii) Write down the corresponding matrix equation for a 1 x n grid with erid resolution dx while considering the boundary conditions (0)= pln+1 GB) (iii) Write the pseudo code to solve the matrix equation. [5] 5. For the following matrix: [8] 1 3 -2 Bet Ws B: 2-3 4 5 -3 2 (Obtain the singular value docompositon [5 (8) Now reduce toa rank 2 metre [2] 6) Compare the Frobenius norm of the resulting rank 2 matrix with that of the original matrix. [1] P, ¥ R, and T respectively stand for absolute pressure, molar volume (Via, n being the ‘number of moles and V being the volume), universal gas constant, and absolute temperature while a and b are empirical constants {for carbon dioxide, a and b are given as 3.592 and 0.04267, find the mol at 300 K and 1 atm using 2 iterations of Newton Raphson method (initial RT ip = 24.6162 Limol). R is given as 0.082054 L-atm / (mol-K). [5] lar volume ‘guess v= Give short answers to the following: [8] (2) What is the condition for the LU decomposition ofa matrix to be guaranteed? (1 (b) Mention one situation where the Newton Raphson method would fail. [1] (€) Write the following polynomial in a form that is computationally che evaluate and estimate the number of operations required: (2] yer fo F(x)=ayta,x+a,x*+a,x? (d) What is sealed partial pivoting in Gaussian elimination method? [1] (¢) Using Taylor series expansion obtain the central difference expression for dfx. [2] (® If 1 -y/x= 0.0054 then minimum how many significant digits would be lost in the subtraction (xy)? [1] 8, State whether the following statements are True or False: [4] (a) Secant method converges quadratically to the root of a nonlinear equation. [1] (©) In the false position method root always remains bracketed. (IJ (©) Singular value decomposition is not possible for a non-square matrix. (1) (@) The result of the multiplication 1.23 x 4.5 would carry 4 significant digits. [1]

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