Simpson's rules are numerous approximations for definite integrals in numerical analysis, named after English mathematician Thomas Simpson (1710−1761). In calculus, basically, there are two ways to approximate the value of an integral, Reimann sums and Trapezoidal sums. However, calculating the value of an integral, we need to compute the areas of a zillion rectangles or more to get a better result. Therefore, we use Simpson's Rule, which is a way to approximate integrals without having to deal with lots of narrow rectangles.
2021-06-09