Assignment 4 - 2010
| Due date(s): | 08 November 2010 |
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Assignment questions |
| Other instructions | Hand-in at class. |
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.. rubric:: Questions 1, 2 and 3 will be posted at the end of the semester in assignment 4(a).
Question 4 [2]
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.. Similar to Tutorial 8, 2009
The viscosity of sulphuric acid, :math:`\nu`, varies with purity, :math:`p` in the following manner:
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- math:`p` [%] 20 60 80
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- math:`\nu` [millipascal] 1.40 5.37 17.4
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- . Express :math:`\nu(p)` as a quadratic function using Lagrange interpolating polynomials. Do not simplify the polynomial.
- . Express :math:`\nu(p)` as a quadratic function using Newton interpolating polynomials. Do not simplify the polynomial.
- . Fit a cubic spline through the data points: clearly show your :math:`{\bf Xa = y}` linear system of equations, then solve them using computer software; finally report your spline coefficients.
- . Use computer software to plot:
* the Newton interpolating polynomial
* the cubic spline, * and the 3 data points on the same graph.
- . What is the estimated viscosity at :math:`p` = 40% purity using linear interpolation?
- . Which of the estimation procedures that you used above has the closest estimate to the true value of 2.51 millipascal?
Question 5 [2]
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The following data are collected from a bioreactor experiment, during the growth phase.
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Time [hours] 0 1.0 2.0 4.0 6.0
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- math:`C` [g/L] 0.1 0.341 1.102 4.95 11.24
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Fit a natural cubic spline for these data and use it to estimate the number of cells at time 3, 5, and 7 hours.
Show your matrix derivation for the linear system of equations, and solve it using computer software. Plot the cubic spline over the time range 0 to 8 hours.
Bonus question [0.5]
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Use the cubic spline from the previous question and find the time where the cell count was approximately 10.0 g/L. Do not solve the equation by hand, but investigate `MATLAB's <http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/roots.html>`_ or `Python's <http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.roots.html>`_ polynomial root finding function: ``roots(...)``
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