Two-node Gaussian quadrature with quadratic weight

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The even weight has moments and . Its monic quadratic orthogonal polynomial is , so the two Gaussian quadrature nodes are . Symmetry and constant exactness give weights each. These nodes and weights integrate every polynomial of degree at most three exactly. Degree four fails: the true integral is , whereas the rule gives .

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