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Homework Statement
[tex]\int^{ \pi}_{0} sin(x)dx \;\;\;\;\;\;\;\; dx=\frac{ \pi}{2}[/tex]
Homework Equations
Trapezoidal Approximation:
[tex]|f''(x)| \leq M \;\;\;\;\; for \;\;\;\;\; a \leq x \leq b[/tex]
[tex]\frac {b-a}{12}(M)(dx)^{2} = Error[/tex]
Simpson's Rule:
[tex]|f^{(4)}(x)| \leq M \;\;\;\;\; for \;\;\;\;\; a \leq x \leq b[/tex]
[tex]\frac{b-a}{180}(M)(dx)^{4} = Error[/tex]
The Attempt at a Solution
Ok so I have found the correct estimations using both methods easily, the trapezoidal approximation is: 1.5708 and Simpson's Rule is: 2.0944, those numbers check out in the back of the book, but when it comes to finding the error I think that it should be 0 because the max (M) is zero for both the second and fourth derivative but the book says otherwise. Heres what I did:
[tex]y=sin(x)[/tex]
[tex]y'=cos(x)[/tex]
[tex]y''=-sin(x)[/tex]
[tex]y^{(3)}= -cos(x)[/tex]
[tex]y^{(4)}= sin(x)[/tex]
and Trapezoidal Rule using y'' is:
[tex]|y''( \pi)|=0[/tex]
and
[tex]|y''(0)|=0[/tex]
and that follows the same for [tex]y^{(4)}[/tex] so M is 0 and thus the entire equation is 0 and Error = 0 but the book states that the error for the trapezoidal approximation is:
[tex]\frac { \pi^{3}}{48} \;\;\;\;\; or \;\;\;\; .65[/tex]
and the Error for Simpson's Rule is:
[tex]\frac { \pi^{5}}{2880} \;\;\;\; or \;\;\;\; .1[/tex]
I don't see how they got this... but I don't think the actual error rate is zero either because if it were then the trapezoidal and simpson approximation would be exactly equal, so where did I go wrong?