Cheg 258 - Lecture Notes - Mar. 24, 1999

Announcements

• There is no homework assigned today. The homework assigned last Monday is due one week from today.

Class notes

The main points of the lecture were

• Gaussian quadrature

Goals:

• Determine the optimum distribution of weights and nodes for a quadrature rule.

Reading

• The class notes and Chapter 5 of Kahaner and Chapter 9 of Hanna.

Question of the Day:

• What is the polynomial degree of a three point gaussian quadrature rule?
• What is the polynomial degree of the corresponding three point Simpson's rule?

Matlab Example Codes

example 25