Numerical integration

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In numerical analysis, numerical integration constitutes a broad family of algorithms for calculating the numerical value of a definite integral, and by extension, the term is also sometimes used to describe the numerical solution of differential equations.

This article focuses on calculation of definite integrals.

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The term numerical quadrature (often abbreviated to quadrature) is more or less a synonym for numerical integration, especially as applied to one-dimensional integrals.

Some authors refer to numerical integration over more than one dimension as cubature; others take quadrature to include higher-dimensional integration.

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