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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 ii Paper 2 2I i Solution by
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A degree- Legendre polynomial is orthogonal, for integration on , to every polynomial of degree at most , and has distinct roots in . Divide by :The Orthogonality of Legendre polynomials gives . At every quadrature node , . The assumed exactness for therefore proves exactness up to degree , the characteristic property of Gaussian quadrature.
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