Research Article

On Corrected Quadrature Rules and Optimal Error Bounds

Table 7

Results for the second Simpson rule.

Second Simpson rule

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

5 1.4464545347401641 0.0000132024920290 ā€‰
10 1.4464421478702252 0.0000008156220901 4.0
15 1.4464414928269707 0.0000001605788356 4.0
20 1.4464413829943144 0.0000000507461793 4.0
25 1.4464413530218192 0.0000000207736841 4.0

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

5 1.4464413521758457 0.0000000199277106 ā€‰
10 1.4464413326945604 0.0000000004464253 5.5
15 1.4464413322889214 0.0000000000407863 5.9
20 1.4464413322554857 0.0000000000073506 6.0
25 1.4464413322500729 0.0000000000019378 6.0