Chapter 6: Techniques of Integration
Section 6.7: Numeric Methods
Example 6.7.5
If λ is the "actual value" of the definite integral in Example 6.7.1, determine empirically (trial-and-error) the smallest partition for which λ and the value given by Simpson's rule agree when rounded to four places.
Solution
Mathematical Solution
From Example 6.7.1, λ=5.078061188, and rounded to four decimal places, λ becomes λ^=5.0781. By trial-and-error, the smallest value of n in Simpson's rule for which the approximation to the integral rounds to λ^ is n=10. Simpson's rule with this partition returns 5.078118675, which rounds down to λ^=5.0781.
Maple Solution
The tutor could be used to implement Simpson's rule for different values of the partition n. Alternatively, the ApproximateInt command can be use, as in Table 6.7.5(a).
Initialize
Tools≻Load Package: Student Calculus 1
Loading Student:-Calculus1
Context Panel: Assign to a Name≻F
1+sinxlnx+1→assign to a nameF
Apply the ApproximateInt command
ApproximateIntF,x=1..4.0,partition=8,method=simpson,partitiontype=normal = 5.078201325
ApproximateIntF,x=1..4.0,partition=10,method=simpson,partitiontype=normal = 5.078118675
Table 6.7.5(a) Determining n for which Simpson's rule agrees with λ when rounded to four places
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