P.S.—I thank Mr. C. F. Merchant for pointing out in NATURE of June 3 that the four-ordinate rule is already in use, and for giving a reference to Tchebycheff's rules, with which I was unacquainted.
Differentiation of algebraic and trigonometric expressions can be used for calculating rates of change, stationary points and their nature, or the gradient and equation of a tangent to a curve.
To calculate the area between a curve and the \(x\)-axis we must evaluate using definite integrals. First, we need to find out where the curve cuts the \(x\)-axis. Remember, a curve cuts the ...