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Approximate integration by best fit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Kuldeep Kumar*
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF

Extract

In order to obtain the area of a curve by the method of the integral calculus the following two conditions should hold:

  1. (a) the equation of the curve must be known,

  2. (b) the function representing the equation of the curve must be integrable.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1985

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