| New Reply |
Definition of Integration (Reimann sums, etc.) |
Share Thread | Thread Tools |
| May22-12, 05:09 PM | #1 |
|
|
Definition of Integration (Reimann sums, etc.)
So I was just working through Courant's calculus and am a bit confused as to where a few variables are pulled out of.
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data Integration of f(x) = x We can see that a trapezoid is formed, so the relevant equation: 1/2(b-a)(b+a) is the value of this integral. To confirm that our limiting process leads analytically to the same result, we subdivide the interval from a to b into n equal parts by means of the points of division a + h, a + 2h, . . ., a + (n-1)h, where h = (b-a)/n. (I still understand at this point as this is simply diving into n pieces) Taking for εi the right-hand end point of each interval we find the integral as the limit as n -> ∞ of the sum Fn = (a+h)h + (a+2h)h + . . . + (a + nh)h (At this point I am not sure where the h outside the brackets has come from and what it represents, I thought h was the distance between segments?) = nah + (1+2+3+ . . . + n)h2 = nah + (1/2)n(n+1)h2 (And at this point I am basically completely lost, I know the arithmetic series formula applies, but do not understand how to get to this point.) |
| May22-12, 05:47 PM | #2 |
|
|
Never mind, I foiled it out and managed to figure it all out.
It didn't help that I was mistakenly looking at the term of a series formula for arithmetic series rather than the sum formula :-) |
| New Reply |
| Tags |
| calculus, courant, integral, sum |
| Thread Tools | |
Similar Threads for: Definition of Integration (Reimann sums, etc.)
|
||||
| Thread | Forum | Replies | ||
| Reimann Integral definition confusion. | Calculus & Beyond Homework | 5 | ||
| Reimann sums | Calculus & Beyond Homework | 3 | ||
| reimann sums | Calculus & Beyond Homework | 1 | ||
| need help with Reimann Sums | Calculus | 2 | ||
| Reimann sums, okay. How about a "Reimann product"? | General Math | 2 | ||