Research Article

On Corrected Quadrature Rules and Optimal Error Bounds

Table 4

Results for the midpoint rule.

Midpoint rule

Standard rule ()
Computed Absolute error Relative error Estimated order
integral ABS() REL()

5 1.4527054409211020 0.0062641086729669 ā€‰
10 1.4479877945462096 0.0015464622980745 2.0
15 1.4471270587692653 0.0006857265211302 2.0
20 1.4468267417338132 0.0003854094856781 2.0
25 1.4466879021519083 0.0002465699037733 2.0

Corrected rule ()
Computed Absolute error Relative error Estimated order
integral ABS() REL()

5 1.4465452831301751 0.0001039508820400 ā€‰
10 1.4464477550984778 0.0000064228503427 4.0
15 1.4464425967924956 0.0000012645443606 4.0
20 1.4464417318718803 0.0000003996237452 4.0
25 1.4464414958402714 0.0000001635921363 4.0