Research Article

On Corrected Quadrature Rules and Optimal Error Bounds

Table 6

Results for the first Simpson rule.

First Simpson rule

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

5 1.4464710917857768 0.0000297595376417 ā€‰
10 1.4464431687701778 0.0000018365220427 4.0
15 1.4464416936771560 0.0000003614290209 4.0
20 1.4464414464499289 0.0000001142017938 4.0
25 1.4464413789949659 0.0000000467468309 4.0

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

5 1.4464414152480176 0.0000000829998825 ā€‰
10 1.4464413342388578 0.0000000019907227 5.4
15 1.4464413324310201 0.0000000001828850 5.9
20 1.4464413322811487 0.0000000000330136 6.0
25 1.4464413322568439 0.0000000000087088 6.0