A standard problem in mathematics is to measure the area under a curve (or to integrate the function defining the curve). A simple way to do this is to approximate the area with a series of rectangles (whose areas are easy to compute).
For example, we could split the range into two parts, then fit a rectangle whose height is the value of the function at the start of the range to the left half, and fit a rectangle whose height is the value of the function at the middle of the range to the right half. If we decide this is not a sufficiently accurate estimate of the area under the curve, we could split each part in half and repeat the process.
Here is a function that estimates the area under a curve defined by a function f, between points a and b:
def integrate(f, a, b, parts):
spacing = float(b-a)/parts
current = 0
for i in range(parts):
current += spacing * f(a+ i*spacing)
return current
Your job is to fill in the following function definition:
def successiveApproxIntegrate(f, a, b, epsilon):
# Your Code Here
To do so, use successive refinement to find the area under a curve to within a specific level of accuracy. Complete the function definition so that the procedure successiveApproxIntegrate returns an estimate of the area under the curve f. Your final estimate, using N parts, must be less than epsilon away from the estimate using N/2 parts.
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i don't want the answer. just help me visualize the problem and how to go for the solution. i am in class 9th and i don't know anything about integrals, yet. coding is not the problem. i am able to do that
To fill in the `successiveApproxIntegrate` function, we need to implement the successive refinement process to find the area under the curve within a specific level of accuracy. We can do this by repeatedly refining our estimate until the difference between the estimate using N parts and the estimate using N/2 parts is less than epsilon.
Here is one possible implementation of the `successiveApproxIntegrate` function:
```python
def successiveApproxIntegrate(f, a, b, epsilon):
N = 1 # start with just one part
previous_estimate = integrate(f, a, b, N)
while True:
N *= 2 # double the number of parts
current_estimate = integrate(f, a, b, N)
if abs(current_estimate - previous_estimate) < epsilon:
return current_estimate
previous_estimate = current_estimate
```
Explanation of the code:
- We start with an initial estimate using just one part (N = 1).
- We use the `integrate` function to get the estimate of the area under the curve using N parts.
- We then double the number of parts (N *= 2) and get a new estimate using the `integrate` function again.
- If the absolute difference between the current estimate and the previous estimate is smaller than epsilon, we return the current estimate as our final result.
- If the difference is larger than epsilon, we update the previous_estimate to the current_estimate and continue the loop with the doubled number of parts.
- This process continues until we find an estimate that satisfies the desired level of accuracy.
Note: In the code, the `integrate` function is assumed to be implemented correctly and is provided separately. It is responsible for approximating the area under the curve using the given number of parts.