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Trapezoidal numerical integration
Syntax
Description
Z = trapz(Y)
computes an approximation of the integral of Y
via the trapezoidal method (with unit spacing). To compute the integral for spacing other than one, multiply Z
by the spacing increment. Input Y
can be complex.
If Y
is a vector, trapz(Y)
is the integral of Y
.
If Y
is a matrix,trapz(Y)
is a row vector with the integral over each column.
If Y
is a multidimensional array, trapz(Y)
works across the first nonsingleton dimension.
Z = trapz(X,Y)
computes the integral of Y
with respect to X
using trapezoidal integration. Inputs X
and Y
can be complex.
If X
is a column vector and Y
an array whose first nonsingleton dimension is length(X)
, trapz(X,Y)
operates across this dimension.
Z = trapz(...,dim)
integrates across the dimension of Y
specified by scalar dim
. The length of X
, if given, must be the same as size(Y,dim)
.
Example 1
To approximate this numerically on a uniformly spaced grid, use
Example 2
A nonuniformly spaced example is generated by
The result is not as accurate as the uniformly spaced grid. One random sample produced
Example 3
This example uses two complex inputs:
See Also
trace | treelayout |
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