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Monotonicity of the midpoint and trapezium estimates for integrals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2021

G. J. O. Jameson*
Affiliation:
13 Sandown Road, Lancaster LA1 4LN, e-mail: pgjameson@talktalk.net

Extract

The ‘midpoint’ approximation to the integral $$\int_0^1 f $$ is

$${M_n}\left( f \right) = {1 \over n}\sum\limits_{r = 1}^n f \left( {{{2r - 1} \over {2n}}} \right)$$
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© The Mathematical Association 2021

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