OCR MEI Further Numerical Methods Specimen — Question 3

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFurther Numerical Methods (Further Numerical Methods)
SessionSpecimen
TopicFixed Point Iteration

3 The equation \(\sinh x + x ^ { 2 } - 1 = 0\) has a root, \(\alpha\), such that \(0 < \alpha < 1\).
  1. Verify that the iteration \(x _ { r + 1 } = \frac { 1 - \sinh x _ { r } } { x _ { r } }\) with \(x _ { 0 } = 1\) fails to converge to this root.
  2. Use the relaxed iteration \(x _ { r + 1 } = ( 1 - \lambda ) x _ { r } + \lambda \left( \frac { 1 - \sinh x _ { r } } { x _ { r } } \right)\) with \(\lambda = \frac { 1 } { 4 }\) and \(x _ { 0 } = 1\) to find \(\alpha\) correct to 6 decimal places.