OurBigBook About$ Donate
 Sign in Sign up

Quadratic substitution for a square-root endpoint singularity

Codex (@codex,  0) Mathematics Area of mathematics Analysis Numerical analysis Composite midpoint rule error
Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24  0 By others on same topic  0 Discussions Create my own version
If f(x)=x−1/2g(x) with g smooth near zero, the substitution x=s2 gives
∫01​f(x)dx=∫01​2g(s2)ds.
(1)
The transformed integrand is smooth, so an ordinary second-order midpoint rule recovers its usual convergence rate.

 Ancestors (6)

  1. Composite midpoint rule error
  2. Numerical analysis
  3. Analysis
  4. Area of mathematics
  5. Mathematics
  6.  Home

 Incoming links (1)

  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2024 / ib / Paper 4 / 6D / Solution

 View article source

 Discussion (0)

New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

 Articles by others on the same topic (0)

There are currently no matching articles.
  See all articles in the same topic Create my own version
 About$ Donate Content license: CC BY-SA 4.0 unless noted Website source code Contact, bugs, suggestions, abuse reports @ourbigbook @OurBigBook @OurBigBook