Trapezium Rule for Definite Integrals/Also known as
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Trapezium Rule for Definite Integrals: Also known as
US sources refer to this rule as:
- the trapezoidal formula
- the trapezoidal rule
- the trapezoid rule
as a result of the fact that, in the US, the terms trapezoid and trapezium have the opposite definitions.
Sources
- 1968: Murray R. Spiegel: Mathematical Handbook of Formulas and Tables ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 15$: Approximate Formulas for Definite Integrals: $15.16$
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): trapezoidal rule or trapezium rule
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): trapezoidal rule
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): trapezoidal rule (trapezium rule, trapezoid rule)
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): trapezoidal rule