I'm trying to write a matlab program to calculate an integral by means of trapezoidal and simpsons rule. The program for trapezoidal is as follows:
function [int, flag, stats] = trapComp(f, a, b, tol, hMin)
% Initialise variables
h = b - a;
n = 1;
int = h / 2 * (f(a) + f(b));
flag = 1;
if nargout == 3
stats = struct('totalErEst', [], 'totalNrIntervals', [], 'nodesList', []);
end
while h > hMin
h = h / 2;
n = 2 * n;
if h < eps % Check if h is not "zero"
break;
end
% Update the integral with the new nodes
intNew = int / 2;
for j = 1 : 2 : n
intNew = intNew + h * f(a + j * h);
end
% Estimate the error
errorEst = 1 / 3 * (int - intNew);
int = intNew;
if nargout == 3 % Update stats
stats.totalErEst = [stats.totalErEst; abs(errorEst)];
stats.totalNrIntervals = [stats.totalNrIntervals; n / 2];
end
if abs(errorEst) < tol
flag = 0;
break
end
end
end
Now simpsons rule I cant really quite get around. I know its very similar but I cant seem to figure it out.
This is my simpson code:
function [int, flag, stats] = simpComp(f, a, b, tol, hMin)
% Initialise variables
h = b - a;
n = 1;
int = h / 3 * (f(a) + 4 * f((a+b)/2) + f(b));
flag = 1;
if nargout == 3
stats = struct('totalErEst', [], 'totalNrIntervals', [], 'nodesList', []);
end
while h > hMin
h = h / 2;
n = 2 * n;
if h < eps % Check if h is not "zero"
break;
end
% Update the integral with the new nodes
intNew = int / 2;
for j = 1 : 2 : n
intNew = intNew + h * f(a + j * h);
end
% Estimate the error
errorEst = 1 / 3 * (int - intNew);
int = intNew;
if nargout == 3 % Update stats
stats.totalErEst = [stats.totalErEst; abs(errorEst)];
stats.totalNrIntervals = [stats.totalNrIntervals; n / 2];
end
if abs(errorEst) < tol
flag = 0;
break
end
end
end
Using this, however, gives an answer for an integral with a larger error than trapezoidal which i feel it shouldnt.
Any help would be appreciated