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Numerical integration: a teaching approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

John Mills*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Science Education, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 8EE

Extract

Many elementary accounts of numerical integration use the trapezium rule and only rarely is the mid-ordinate rule mentioned. This is a great pity for the mid-ordinate rule is often simpler to apply and more accurate.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1981

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