intsimp

Purpose

Integrates a specified function using Simpson’s method with end correction. A single integral is computed in one function call.

Format

y = intsimp(&f, xlims, tol)
Parameters:
  • &f (scalar) – pointer to the procedure containing the function to be integrated.

  • xlims (2x1 vector) – the limits of x. The first element is the upper limit and the second element is the lower limit.

  • tol (scalar) – The tolerance to be used in testing for convergence

Returns:

y (scalar) – The estimated integral of \(f(x)\) between \(xlims[1]\) and \(xlims[2]\).

Examples

// Function to be integrated
proc f(x);
    retp(sin(x));
endp;

// Define limits
xlims = { 1, 0 };

// Integrate using Simpson's method
y = intsimp(&f, xl, 1e-8);
print y;

The code above returns the following:

0.45969769

This will integrate the function between 0 and 1.

Source

intsimp.src