PART 3: TECHNIQUES OF INTEGRATION LECTURE 3.

3 TRIGONOMETRIC SUBSTITUTIONS 1

11. Error in Simpson’s Rule.

This time, the size of the error depends on the fourth derivative of f .

Error Bound in Simpson’s Rule

Suppose that |f (4)(x)| ≤ K for all x in the interval [a, b]. If ES is the error in using Simpson’s Rule,
then
|ES| ≤ K(b − a)5 .
180n4

12. Example. How large should we take n in order to guarantee that the Simpson’s Rule
∫
to 2 approximation
is accurate within ?
(1/x)dx 0.0001
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