""" Numerical integration or quadrature for a smooth function f with known values at x_i This method is the classical approch of suming 'Equally Spaced Abscissas' method 1: "extended trapezoidal rule" """ def method_1(boundary, steps): # "extended trapezoidal rule" # int(f) = dx/2 * (f1 + 2f2 + ... + fn) h = (boundary[1] - boundary[0]) / steps a = boundary[0] b = boundary[1] x_i = make_points(a, b, h) y = 0.0 y += (h / 2.0) * f(a) for i in x_i: # print(i) y += h * f(i) y += (h / 2.0) * f(b) return y def make_points(a, b, h): x = a + h while x < (b - h): yield x x = x + h def f(x): # enter your function here y = (x - 0) * (x - 0) return y def main(): a = 0.0 # Lower bound of integration b = 1.0 # Upper bound of integration steps = 10.0 # define number of steps or resolution boundary = [a, b] # define boundary of integration y = method_1(boundary, steps) print("y = {0}".format(y)) if __name__ == "__main__": main()