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Lecture

Chapter: Numerical Integration


Simpson’s 1/3 Rule
Simpson’s 1/3 Rule is more accurate approximation than a
Trapezoidal Rule.
The idea: to connect three points on the curve by a second-degree
interpolating polynomial and then use the area under the parabola to
approximate the area under the curve.

Let us consider a second degree Lagrange interpolating polynomial,


with equally spaced points,

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Taking the integral on both sides of the equation with respect to x
between limits

We can rewrite as:

where

2
After integration and algebraic manipulations, we obtain the values:

The formula results:

Simplifying gives:

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Example:
Use the Simpson’s 1/3 rule to approximate the following integral:

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Composite Simpson’s 1/3 Rule
We will derive the composite Simpson’s 1/3 rule by dividing the integration
interval into a number of segments of equal width.

Substituting simple Simpson’s 1/3 rule for each individual integral:

The composite Simpson’s 1/3 rule for n subintervals:

Note: n - number of subintervals should be an even number.


The total number of (n +1) distinct points should be odd.

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Example:

Evaluate the following integral

Using Simpson’s 1/3 rule with n=2 and n=4.

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