Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 122202
Numerical integration - Simpson's rules
Last modified: 2017-05-20 09:55:42 UTC
Given: equally spaced x values, x0 till xn and respective function values in two columns Three points n=2: Simpson's 1/3 rule Function Simp13 = (x2-x0)*(f(x0)+4f(x1)+f(x2))/6 Four points n=3: Simpson's 3/8 rule Function Simp38 = (x3-x0)*(f(x0)+3f(x1)+3f(x2)+f(x3))/8 Five points n=4: Simpson's 1/3 rule on first and last three points Six points n=5: Simpson's 1/3 rule on first three points and Simpson's 3/8 rule on last last four points etc.
See http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Extensions/Ideas/Calc