SIMPSON'S RULE


Meaning of SIMPSON'S RULE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsim(p)-sənz- ]

noun

Etymology: Thomas Simpson died 1761 English mathematician

Date: circa 1875

: a method for approximating the area under a curve over a given interval that involves partitioning the interval by an odd number n + 1 of equally spaced ordinates and adding the areas of the n /2 figures formed by pairs of successive odd-numbered ordinates and the parabolas which they determine with their included even-numbered ordinates

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