LEGENDRE_RULE
Gauss-Legendre Quadrature Rules

LEGENDRE_RULE is a MATLAB program which generates a specific Gauss-Legendre quadrature rule, based on user input.

The Gauss-Legendre quadrature rule is used as follows:

        Integral ( A <= x <= B ) f(x) dx
      

        Sum ( 1 <= i <= order ) w(i) * f(x(i))
      

Usage:

legendre_rule ( order, a, b, 'filename' )

• order is the number of points in the quadrature rule.
• a is the left endpoint;
• b is the right endpoint.
• 'filename' specifies the output filenames. filename_w.txt, filename_x.txt, and filename_r.txt, containing the weights, abscissas, and interval limits.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

LEGENDRE_RULE is available in a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

Related Data and Programs:

CCN_RULE, a MATLAB program which defines a nested Clenshaw Curtis quadrature rule.

CHEBYSHEV1_RULE, a MATLAB program which can compute and print a Gauss-Chebyshev type 1 quadrature rule.

CHEBYSHEV2_RULE, a MATLAB program which can compute and print a Gauss-Chebyshev type 2 quadrature rule.

CLENSHAW_CURTIS_RULE, a MATLAB program which defines a Clenshaw Curtis quadrature rule.

GEGENBAUER_RULE, a MATLAB program which can compute and print a Gauss-Gegenbauer quadrature rule.

GEN_HERMITE_RULE, a MATLAB program which can compute and print a generalized Gauss-Hermite quadrature rule.

GEN_LAGUERRE_RULE, a MATLAB program which can compute and print a generalized Gauss-Laguerre quadrature rule.

HERMITE_RULE, a MATLAB program which can compute and print a Gauss-Hermite quadrature rule.

INT_EXACTNESS_LEGENDRE, a MATLAB program which checks the polynomial exactness of a Gauss-Legendre quadrature rule.

INTLIB, a FORTRAN90 library which contains routines for numerical estimation of integrals in 1D.

JACOBI_RULE, a MATLAB program which can compute and print a Gauss-Jacobi quadrature rule.

LAGUERRE_RULE, a MATLAB program which can compute and print a Gauss-Laguerre quadrature rule.

LEGENDRE_RULE_FAST, a MATLAB program which uses a fast (order N) algorithm to compute a Gauss-Legendre quadrature rule of given order.

PATTERSON_RULE, a MATLAB program which computes a Gauss-Patterson quadrature rule.

QUADRATURE_RULES, a dataset directory which contains sets of files that define quadrature rules over various 1D intervals or multidimensional hypercubes.

QUADRATURE_RULES_LEGENDRE, a dataset directory which contains triples of files defining standard Gauss-Legendre quadrature rules.

QUADRULE, a MATLAB library which defines 1-dimensional quadrature rules.

TANH_QUAD, a MATLAB library which sets up the tanh quadrature rule;

Reference:

1. Milton Abramowitz, Irene Stegun,
   Handbook of Mathematical Functions,
   National Bureau of Standards, 1964,
   ISBN: 0-486-61272-4,
   LC: QA47.A34.
2. Philip Davis, Philip Rabinowitz,
   Methods of Numerical Integration,
   Second Edition,
   Dover, 2007,
   ISBN: 0486453391,
   LC: QA299.3.D28.
3. Sylvan Elhay, Jaroslav Kautsky,
   Algorithm 655: IQPACK, FORTRAN Subroutines for the Weights of Interpolatory Quadrature,
   ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software,
   Volume 13, Number 4, December 1987, pages 399-415.
4. Jaroslav Kautsky, Sylvan Elhay,
   Calculation of the Weights of Interpolatory Quadratures,
   Numerische Mathematik,
   Volume 40, 1982, pages 407-422.
5. Roger Martin, James Wilkinson,
   The Implicit QL Algorithm,
   Numerische Mathematik,
   Volume 12, Number 5, December 1968, pages 377-383.
6. Arthur Stroud, Don Secrest,
   Gaussian Quadrature Formulas,
   Prentice Hall, 1966,
   LC: QA299.4G3S7.

Source Code:

• legendre_rule.m the source code.

Examples and Tests:

• leg_o4_r.txt, the region file created by the command

  
              legendre_rule ( 4, -1.0, +1.0, 'leg_o4' )
            

• leg_o4_w.txt, the weight file created by the command

  
              legendre_rule ( 4, -1.0, +1.0, 'leg_o4' )
            

• leg_o4_x.txt, the abscissa file created by the command

  
              legendre_rule ( 4, -1.0, +1.0, 'leg_o4' )
            

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