Homework #4

CS 107 - Introduction to Scientific Computation
Homework #4

Due: Wednesday 9/25 at the beginning of class
Submit from your .m file directory using the command: submit107 hw4

1. Power Sum: Exercise 6.1. Name your function powersum.

2. Rectangular/Polar Coordinate Conversion: Exercise 6.11. Relative error is the absolute error of the value approximation divided by the magnitude of the value. Name your functions polarToRect, rectToPolar, and testPolarToRect.

3. Quadratic Roots: Exercise 7.10. Extra Hint: There is a way to do this without computing the entire quadratic formula. Name your function quadRootType.

4. Maximizing by Case: Exercise 7.2. Call your function max4. Do not use Matlab's max function in your implementation.