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Two-node Gaussian quadrature with quadratic weight (∫−11​(1−x2)f(x)dx≃32​[f(−1/5​)+f(1/5​)])

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The even weight 1−x2 has moments m0​=4/3 and m2​=4/15. Its monic quadratic orthogonal polynomial is x2−1/5, so the two Gaussian quadrature nodes are ±1/5​. Symmetry and constant exactness give weights 2/3 each. These nodes and weights integrate every polynomial of degree at most three exactly. Degree four fails: the true integral is 4/35, whereas the rule gives 4/75.

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