Simpson's Rule Integration

Computes an integral "I" via Simpson's rule in the interval [a,b] with n+1 equally spaced points

This function computes the integral "I" via Simpson's rule in the interval [a,b] with n+1 equally spaced points

Syntax: I = simpsons(f,a,b,n)

Where,
f= can either be an anonymous function (e.g. f=@(x) sin(x)) or a vector containing equally spaced values of the function to be integrated
a= Initial point of interval
b= Last point of interval
n= # of sub-intervals (panels), must be integer

Written by Juan Camilo Medina - The University of Notre Dame
09/2010 (copyright Dr. Simpson)

Example 1:

Suppose you want to integrate a function f(x) in the interval [-1,1].
You also want 3 integration points (2 panels) evenly distributed through the
domain (you can select more point for better accuracy).
Thus:
f=@(x) ((x-1).*x./2).*((x-1).*x./2);
I=simpsons(f,-1,1,2)

Example 2:

Suppose you want to integrate a function f(x) in the interval [-1,1].
You know some values of the function f(x) between the given interval,
those are fi= {1,0.518,0.230,0.078,0.014,0,0.006,0.014,0.014,0.006,0}
Thus:
fi= [1 0.518 0.230 0.078 0.014 0 0.006 0.014 0.014 0.006 0];
I=simpsons(fi,-1,1,[])
note that there is no need to provide the number of intervals (panels) "n",
since they are implicitly specified by the number of elements in the vector fi