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The effect on the solution of a problem of errors in the calculation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

D. E. Bailey
D. E. Bailey*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, University of Bath, BA2 7A Y
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Extract

There is a popular view among sixth form mathematicians, and therefore presumably among some who teach them, that evaluation of an integral by the approximate Trapezium Rule is made more accurate by increasing the value of n.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 62 , Issue 421 , October 1978 , pp. 157 - 164
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1978

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