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Scheidler, Alan – Creative Computing, 1981
A program that can reduce difficult integration problems to simpler approximations using the trapezoidal rule to approximate the area under a curve is presented. (MP)
Descriptors: Calculus, Computer Software, Geometric Concepts, Mathematical Applications
Peer reviewedSullivan, Jillian C. F. – Mathematics Teacher, 1986
Two different numerical methods, the bisection method and simple iteration, are discussed and illustrated by approximating the real solution of an equation, with programs for the two methods included. Alternative methods are also indicated. (MNS)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Equations (Mathematics), Estimation (Mathematics), Graphs
