state gov RPSC 2nd Grade Senior Teacher Mock Test Series 2025 Mathematical Science Numerical Analysis Numerical Differentiation and Integration
The first derivative of a function f ∈ C∞(−3, 3) is approximated by an interpolating polynomial of degree 2, using the data
(−1, f(−1)), (0, f(0)) and (2, f(2)).
It is found that
f′(0) ≈ −\(\frac{2}{3}\) f(−1) + αf(0) + βf(2).
Then, the value of \(\frac{1}{\alpha \beta}\) is
1
3
2
6
3
9
4
12
5
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