Your right <- (1:n)*dx mean that your leftmost rectangle's left edge is at 0, but you want it to be at -4. You should turn this into a function so you don't have to remember how the variables in your code depend on one another. E.g., showIntegral <- function (f, xmin, xmax, n = 16) { curve(f(x), from = xmin, to = xmax, lwd = 2, col = "blue") abline(h = 0) dx <- (xmax - xmin)/n right <- xmin + (1:n) * dx left <- right - dx mid <- right - dx/2 fm <- f(mid) rect(left, 0, right, fm, density = 20, border = "red") points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch = 19) sum(fm * dx) }> showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=16)[1] 42.5> showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=256)[1] 42.66602> showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=1024)[1] 42.66663> 2*4^3/3[1] 42.66667> showIntegralBill Dunlap TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> wrote:> Dear Peter: in my previous email I forgot to reply to the list too > > I used your code for more than one examples, and it works nicely. But when > I tried to use for the the function: f(x) = x^2, it looks like I am missing > something, but I could not figured it out. > > This what I used: > > > > f <- function(x) x^2 > > curve(f(x), from=-4, to=4, lwd=2, col="blue") > abline(h=0) > n <- 16 > dx <- 8/n > right <- (1:n)*dx > left <- right - dx > mid <- right - dx/2 > fm <- f(mid) > rect(left,0,right,fm, density = 20, border = "red") > points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch=19) > sum(fm*dx) > > > > 1/3 * (64+64) > > > > with many thanks > steve > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> wrote: > >> many thanks >> >> steve >> >> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:20 AM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Something like this? >>> >>> f <- function(x) x^3-2*x >>> curve(f(x), from=0, to=4) >>> abline(h=0) >>> n <- 16 >>> dx <- 4/n >>> right <- (1:n)*dx >>> left <- right - dx >>> mid <- right - dx/2 >>> fm <- f(mid) >>> points(mid, fm) >>> rect(left,0,right,fm) >>> >>> sum(fm*dx) >>> >>> 1/4 * 4^4 - 4^2 >>> >>> >>> -pd >>> >>> >>> On 27 Nov 2015, at 13:52 , Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> > Dear All: >>> > >>> > I am trying to explain to my students how to calculate the definite >>> > integral using the Riemann sum. Can someone help me to graph the area >>> under >>> > the curve of the function, showing the curve as well as the rectangles >>> > between 0 and 4.. >>> > >>> > *f(x) = x^3 - 2*x * >>> > >>> > over the interval [0 , 4] >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > with many thanks >>> > steve >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Steven M. Stoline >>> > 1123 Forest Avenue >>> > Portland, ME 04112 >>> > sstoline at gmail.com >>> > >>> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> > >>> > ______________________________________________ >>> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> > PLEASE do read the posting guide >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>> >>> -- >>> Peter Dalgaard, Professor, >>> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School >>> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark >>> Phone: (+45)38153501 >>> Office: A 4.23 >>> Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Steven M. Stoline >> 1123 Forest Avenue >> Portland, ME 04112 >> sstoline at gmail.com >> > > > > -- > Steven M. Stoline > 1123 Forest Avenue > Portland, ME 04112 > sstoline at gmail.com > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Dear Bill: It looks great. many thanks *one more quick help:* how to graph only the x and y axis crossing through the origin, with xlim=c(-1,1,0.2) and ylim=c(0,1,0.2)? with many thanks steve On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 1:11 PM, William Dunlap <wdunlap at tibco.com> wrote:> Your right <- (1:n)*dx mean that your leftmost rectangle's left edge > is at 0, but you want it to be at -4. You should turn this into a function > so you don't have to remember how the variables in your code depend > on one another. E.g., > > showIntegral <- function (f, xmin, xmax, n = 16) > { > curve(f(x), from = xmin, to = xmax, lwd = 2, col = "blue") > abline(h = 0) > dx <- (xmax - xmin)/n > right <- xmin + (1:n) * dx > left <- right - dx > mid <- right - dx/2 > fm <- f(mid) > rect(left, 0, right, fm, density = 20, border = "red") > points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch = 19) > sum(fm * dx) > } > > showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=16) > [1] 42.5 > > showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=256) > [1] 42.66602 > > showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=1024) > [1] 42.66663 > > > 2*4^3/3 > [1] 42.66667 > > showIntegral > Bill Dunlap > TIBCO Software > wdunlap tibco.com > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dear Peter: in my previous email I forgot to reply to the list too > > > > I used your code for more than one examples, and it works nicely. But > when > > I tried to use for the the function: f(x) = x^2, it looks like I am > missing > > something, but I could not figured it out. > > > > This what I used: > > > > > > > > f <- function(x) x^2 > > > > curve(f(x), from=-4, to=4, lwd=2, col="blue") > > abline(h=0) > > n <- 16 > > dx <- 8/n > > right <- (1:n)*dx > > left <- right - dx > > mid <- right - dx/2 > > fm <- f(mid) > > rect(left,0,right,fm, density = 20, border = "red") > > points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch=19) > > sum(fm*dx) > > > > > > > > 1/3 * (64+64) > > > > > > > > with many thanks > > steve > > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> many thanks > >> > >> steve > >> > >> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:20 AM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Something like this? > >>> > >>> f <- function(x) x^3-2*x > >>> curve(f(x), from=0, to=4) > >>> abline(h=0) > >>> n <- 16 > >>> dx <- 4/n > >>> right <- (1:n)*dx > >>> left <- right - dx > >>> mid <- right - dx/2 > >>> fm <- f(mid) > >>> points(mid, fm) > >>> rect(left,0,right,fm) > >>> > >>> sum(fm*dx) > >>> > >>> 1/4 * 4^4 - 4^2 > >>> > >>> > >>> -pd > >>> > >>> > >>> On 27 Nov 2015, at 13:52 , Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> > Dear All: > >>> > > >>> > I am trying to explain to my students how to calculate the definite > >>> > integral using the Riemann sum. Can someone help me to graph the area > >>> under > >>> > the curve of the function, showing the curve as well as the > rectangles > >>> > between 0 and 4.. > >>> > > >>> > *f(x) = x^3 - 2*x * > >>> > > >>> > over the interval [0 , 4] > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > with many thanks > >>> > steve > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > Steven M. Stoline > >>> > 1123 Forest Avenue > >>> > Portland, ME 04112 > >>> > sstoline at gmail.com > >>> > > >>> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >>> > > >>> > ______________________________________________ > >>> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >>> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >>> > PLEASE do read the posting guide > >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >>> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Peter Dalgaard, Professor, > >>> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School > >>> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark > >>> Phone: (+45)38153501 > >>> Office: A 4.23 > >>> Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Steven M. Stoline > >> 1123 Forest Avenue > >> Portland, ME 04112 > >> sstoline at gmail.com > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Steven M. Stoline > > 1123 Forest Avenue > > Portland, ME 04112 > > sstoline at gmail.com > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Steven M. Stoline 1123 Forest Avenue Portland, ME 04112 sstoline at gmail.com [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Dear William: *Left and Right Riemann Sums* Is there is a way to modify your function to compute Left Riemann Sum and Right Riemann Sum. I tried to modify yours, but i was not be able to make it work correctly. This is your function used to compute the Middle Riemann Sum. showIntegral.med <- function (f, xmin, xmax, n = 16) { curve(f(x), from = xmin, to = xmax, lwd = 2, col = "blue") abline(h = 0) dx <- (xmax - xmin)/n right <- xmin + (1:n) * dx left <- right - dx mid <- right - dx/2 fm <- f(mid) rect(left, 0, right, fm, density = 20, border = "red") points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch = 19) sum(fm * dx) } ### Example 1: f(x) = x^2 , xmin=-4, xmax=4 ### ============================== showIntegral.med(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=16) with many thanks steve On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 1:11 PM, William Dunlap <wdunlap at tibco.com> wrote:> Your right <- (1:n)*dx mean that your leftmost rectangle's left edge > is at 0, but you want it to be at -4. You should turn this into a function > so you don't have to remember how the variables in your code depend > on one another. E.g., > > showIntegral <- function (f, xmin, xmax, n = 16) > { > curve(f(x), from = xmin, to = xmax, lwd = 2, col = "blue") > abline(h = 0) > dx <- (xmax - xmin)/n > right <- xmin + (1:n) * dx > left <- right - dx > mid <- right - dx/2 > fm <- f(mid) > rect(left, 0, right, fm, density = 20, border = "red") > points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch = 19) > sum(fm * dx) > } > > showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=16) > [1] 42.5 > > showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=256) > [1] 42.66602 > > showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=1024) > [1] 42.66663 > > > 2*4^3/3 > [1] 42.66667 > > showIntegral > Bill Dunlap > TIBCO Software > wdunlap tibco.com > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dear Peter: in my previous email I forgot to reply to the list too > > > > I used your code for more than one examples, and it works nicely. But > when > > I tried to use for the the function: f(x) = x^2, it looks like I am > missing > > something, but I could not figured it out. > > > > This what I used: > > > > > > > > f <- function(x) x^2 > > > > curve(f(x), from=-4, to=4, lwd=2, col="blue") > > abline(h=0) > > n <- 16 > > dx <- 8/n > > right <- (1:n)*dx > > left <- right - dx > > mid <- right - dx/2 > > fm <- f(mid) > > rect(left,0,right,fm, density = 20, border = "red") > > points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch=19) > > sum(fm*dx) > > > > > > > > 1/3 * (64+64) > > > > > > > > with many thanks > > steve > > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> many thanks > >> > >> steve > >> > >> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:20 AM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Something like this? > >>> > >>> f <- function(x) x^3-2*x > >>> curve(f(x), from=0, to=4) > >>> abline(h=0) > >>> n <- 16 > >>> dx <- 4/n > >>> right <- (1:n)*dx > >>> left <- right - dx > >>> mid <- right - dx/2 > >>> fm <- f(mid) > >>> points(mid, fm) > >>> rect(left,0,right,fm) > >>> > >>> sum(fm*dx) > >>> > >>> 1/4 * 4^4 - 4^2 > >>> > >>> > >>> -pd > >>> > >>> > >>> On 27 Nov 2015, at 13:52 , Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> > Dear All: > >>> > > >>> > I am trying to explain to my students how to calculate the definite > >>> > integral using the Riemann sum. Can someone help me to graph the area > >>> under > >>> > the curve of the function, showing the curve as well as the > rectangles > >>> > between 0 and 4.. > >>> > > >>> > *f(x) = x^3 - 2*x * > >>> > > >>> > over the interval [0 , 4] > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > with many thanks > >>> > steve > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > Steven M. Stoline > >>> > 1123 Forest Avenue > >>> > Portland, ME 04112 > >>> > sstoline at gmail.com > >>> > > >>> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >>> > > >>> > ______________________________________________ > >>> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >>> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >>> > PLEASE do read the posting guide > >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >>> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Peter Dalgaard, Professor, > >>> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School > >>> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark > >>> Phone: (+45)38153501 > >>> Office: A 4.23 > >>> Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Steven M. Stoline > >> 1123 Forest Avenue > >> Portland, ME 04112 > >> sstoline at gmail.com > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Steven M. Stoline > > 1123 Forest Avenue > > Portland, ME 04112 > > sstoline at gmail.com > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Steven M. Stoline 1123 Forest Avenue Portland, ME 04112 sstoline at gmail.com [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
showIntegral <- function (f, xmin, xmax, n = 16, fractionFromLeft = 0.5) { stopifnot(fractionFromLeft >= 0, fractionFromLeft <= 1, n > 1) curve(f(x), from = xmin, to = xmax, lwd = 2, col = "blue") abline(h = 0) dx <- (xmax - xmin)/n right <- xmin + (1:n) * dx left <- right - dx mid <- right - dx * (1 - fractionFromLeft) fm <- f(mid) rect(left, 0, right, fm, density = 20, border = "red") points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch = 19) sum(fm * dx) }> showIntegral(function(x)1/x, 1, 4, n=3) - sum(1/(0.5 + (1:3)))[1] 0> showIntegral(function(x)1/x, 1, 4, n=3, fractionFromLeft=0) - sum(1/(0 + (1:3)))[1] 0> showIntegral(function(x)1/x, 1, 4, n=3, fractionFromLeft=1) - sum(1/(1 + (1:3)))[1] 0 Bill Dunlap TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> wrote:> Dear William: Left and Right Riemann Sums > > > Is there is a way to modify your function to compute Left Riemann Sum and > Right Riemann Sum. I tried to modify yours, but i was not be able to make it > work correctly. > > This is your function used to compute the Middle Riemann Sum. > > > > showIntegral.med <- function (f, xmin, xmax, n = 16) > { > curve(f(x), from = xmin, to = xmax, lwd = 2, col = "blue") > abline(h = 0) > dx <- (xmax - xmin)/n > right <- xmin + (1:n) * dx > left <- right - dx > mid <- right - dx/2 > fm <- f(mid) > rect(left, 0, right, fm, density = 20, border = "red") > points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch = 19) > sum(fm * dx) > } > > > > ### Example 1: f(x) = x^2 , xmin=-4, xmax=4 > ### ==============================> > > > showIntegral.med(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=16) > > > > with many thanks > steve > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 1:11 PM, William Dunlap <wdunlap at tibco.com> wrote: >> >> Your right <- (1:n)*dx mean that your leftmost rectangle's left edge >> is at 0, but you want it to be at -4. You should turn this into a >> function >> so you don't have to remember how the variables in your code depend >> on one another. E.g., >> >> showIntegral <- function (f, xmin, xmax, n = 16) >> { >> curve(f(x), from = xmin, to = xmax, lwd = 2, col = "blue") >> abline(h = 0) >> dx <- (xmax - xmin)/n >> right <- xmin + (1:n) * dx >> left <- right - dx >> mid <- right - dx/2 >> fm <- f(mid) >> rect(left, 0, right, fm, density = 20, border = "red") >> points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch = 19) >> sum(fm * dx) >> } >> > showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=16) >> [1] 42.5 >> > showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=256) >> [1] 42.66602 >> > showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=1024) >> [1] 42.66663 >> >> > 2*4^3/3 >> [1] 42.66667 >> > showIntegral >> Bill Dunlap >> TIBCO Software >> wdunlap tibco.com >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Dear Peter: in my previous email I forgot to reply to the list too >> > >> > I used your code for more than one examples, and it works nicely. But >> > when >> > I tried to use for the the function: f(x) = x^2, it looks like I am >> > missing >> > something, but I could not figured it out. >> > >> > This what I used: >> > >> > >> > >> > f <- function(x) x^2 >> > >> > curve(f(x), from=-4, to=4, lwd=2, col="blue") >> > abline(h=0) >> > n <- 16 >> > dx <- 8/n >> > right <- (1:n)*dx >> > left <- right - dx >> > mid <- right - dx/2 >> > fm <- f(mid) >> > rect(left,0,right,fm, density = 20, border = "red") >> > points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch=19) >> > sum(fm*dx) >> > >> > >> > >> > 1/3 * (64+64) >> > >> > >> > >> > with many thanks >> > steve >> > >> > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> many thanks >> >> >> >> steve >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:20 AM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Something like this? >> >>> >> >>> f <- function(x) x^3-2*x >> >>> curve(f(x), from=0, to=4) >> >>> abline(h=0) >> >>> n <- 16 >> >>> dx <- 4/n >> >>> right <- (1:n)*dx >> >>> left <- right - dx >> >>> mid <- right - dx/2 >> >>> fm <- f(mid) >> >>> points(mid, fm) >> >>> rect(left,0,right,fm) >> >>> >> >>> sum(fm*dx) >> >>> >> >>> 1/4 * 4^4 - 4^2 >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -pd >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On 27 Nov 2015, at 13:52 , Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> > Dear All: >> >>> > >> >>> > I am trying to explain to my students how to calculate the definite >> >>> > integral using the Riemann sum. Can someone help me to graph the >> >>> > area >> >>> under >> >>> > the curve of the function, showing the curve as well as the >> >>> > rectangles >> >>> > between 0 and 4.. >> >>> > >> >>> > *f(x) = x^3 - 2*x * >> >>> > >> >>> > over the interval [0 , 4] >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > with many thanks >> >>> > steve >> >>> > >> >>> > -- >> >>> > Steven M. Stoline >> >>> > 1123 Forest Avenue >> >>> > Portland, ME 04112 >> >>> > sstoline at gmail.com >> >>> > >> >>> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >>> > >> >>> > ______________________________________________ >> >>> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> >>> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> >>> > PLEASE do read the posting guide >> >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> >>> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Peter Dalgaard, Professor, >> >>> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School >> >>> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark >> >>> Phone: (+45)38153501 >> >>> Office: A 4.23 >> >>> Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Steven M. Stoline >> >> 1123 Forest Avenue >> >> Portland, ME 04112 >> >> sstoline at gmail.com >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Steven M. Stoline >> > 1123 Forest Avenue >> > Portland, ME 04112 >> > sstoline at gmail.com >> > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> > >> > ______________________________________________ >> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> > PLEASE do read the posting guide >> > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > -- > Steven M. Stoline > 1123 Forest Avenue > Portland, ME 04112 > sstoline at gmail.com
> On Dec 16, 2015, at 9:00 AM, Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear William: *Left and Right Riemann Sums* > > > Is there is a way to modify your function to compute Left Riemann Sum and > Right Riemann Sum. I tried to modify yours, but i was not be able to make > it work correctly. > > This is your function used to compute the Middle Riemann Sum.I think it's actually Dalgaard's method.> > showIntegral.med <- function (f, xmin, xmax, n = 16) > { > curve(f(x), from = xmin, to = xmax, lwd = 2, col = "blue") > abline(h = 0) > dx <- (xmax - xmin)/n > right <- xmin + (1:n) * dx > left <- right - dx > mid <- right - dx/2 > fm <- f(mid) > rect(left, 0, right, fm, density = 20, border = "red") > points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch = 19) > sum(fm * dx) > } > > > > ### Example 1: f(x) = x^2 , xmin=-4, xmax=4 > ### ==============================> > > > showIntegral.med(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=16)Wouldn't it just involve skipping the 'mid' calculations and using either the right or left values? Illustration for right: showIntegral.rt <- function (f, xmin, xmax, n = 16) { curve(f(x), from = xmin, to = xmax, lwd = 2, col = "blue") abline(h = 0) dx <- (xmax - xmin)/n right <- xmin + (1:n) * dx left <- right - dx fr <- f(right) rect(left, 0, right, fr, density = 20, border = "red") points(right, fr, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch = 19) sum(fr * dx) } You can make it prettier with plotmath: showIntegral.rt <- function (f, xmin, xmax, n = 16) { curve(f(x), from = xmin, to = xmax, lwd = 2, col = "blue") abline(h = 0) dx <- (xmax - xmin)/n right <- xmin + (1:n) * dx left <- right - dx fr <- f(right) rect(left, 0, right, fr, density = 20, border = "red") points(right, fr, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch = 19) sum(fr * dx) text(0,10, # might want to do some adaptive positioning instead bquote( integral( .(body(f) )*dx, a, b) == .( sum(fr * dx )) ) ) } -- David.> > > > with many thanks > steve > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 1:11 PM, William Dunlap <wdunlap at tibco.com> wrote: > >> Your right <- (1:n)*dx mean that your leftmost rectangle's left edge >> is at 0, but you want it to be at -4. You should turn this into a function >> so you don't have to remember how the variables in your code depend >> on one another. E.g., >> >> showIntegral <- function (f, xmin, xmax, n = 16) >> { >> curve(f(x), from = xmin, to = xmax, lwd = 2, col = "blue") >> abline(h = 0) >> dx <- (xmax - xmin)/n >> right <- xmin + (1:n) * dx >> left <- right - dx >> mid <- right - dx/2 >> fm <- f(mid) >> rect(left, 0, right, fm, density = 20, border = "red") >> points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch = 19) >> sum(fm * dx) >> } >>> showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=16) >> [1] 42.5 >>> showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=256) >> [1] 42.66602 >>> showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=1024) >> [1] 42.66663 >> >>> 2*4^3/3 >> [1] 42.66667 >>> showIntegral >> Bill Dunlap >> TIBCO Software >> wdunlap tibco.com >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Dear Peter: in my previous email I forgot to reply to the list too >>> >>> I used your code for more than one examples, and it works nicely. But >> when >>> I tried to use for the the function: f(x) = x^2, it looks like I am >> missing >>> something, but I could not figured it out. >>> >>> This what I used: >>> >>> >>> >>> f <- function(x) x^2 >>> >>> curve(f(x), from=-4, to=4, lwd=2, col="blue") >>> abline(h=0) >>> n <- 16 >>> dx <- 8/n >>> right <- (1:n)*dx >>> left <- right - dx >>> mid <- right - dx/2 >>> fm <- f(mid) >>> rect(left,0,right,fm, density = 20, border = "red") >>> points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch=19) >>> sum(fm*dx) >>> >>> >>> >>> 1/3 * (64+64) >>> >>> >>> >>> with many thanks >>> steve >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> many thanks >>>> >>>> steve >>>> >>>> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:20 AM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Something like this? >>>>> >>>>> f <- function(x) x^3-2*x >>>>> curve(f(x), from=0, to=4) >>>>> abline(h=0) >>>>> n <- 16 >>>>> dx <- 4/n >>>>> right <- (1:n)*dx >>>>> left <- right - dx >>>>> mid <- right - dx/2 >>>>> fm <- f(mid) >>>>> points(mid, fm) >>>>> rect(left,0,right,fm) >>>>> >>>>> sum(fm*dx) >>>>> >>>>> 1/4 * 4^4 - 4^2 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -pd >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 27 Nov 2015, at 13:52 , Steven Stoline <sstoline at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dear All: >>>>>> >>>>>> I am trying to explain to my students how to calculate the definite >>>>>> integral using the Riemann sum. Can someone help me to graph the area >>>>> under >>>>>> the curve of the function, showing the curve as well as the >> rectangles >>>>>> between 0 and 4.. >>>>>> >>>>>> *f(x) = x^3 - 2*x * >>>>>> >>>>>> over the interval [0 , 4] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> with many thanks >>>>>> steve >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Steven M. Stoline >>>>>> 1123 Forest Avenue >>>>>> Portland, ME 04112 >>>>>> sstoline at gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>>>>> >>>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>>>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>>>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>>>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>>>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Peter Dalgaard, Professor, >>>>> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School >>>>> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark >>>>> Phone: (+45)38153501 >>>>> Office: A 4.23 >>>>> Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Steven M. Stoline >>>> 1123 Forest Avenue >>>> Portland, ME 04112 >>>> sstoline at gmail.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Steven M. Stoline >>> 1123 Forest Avenue >>> Portland, ME 04112 >>> sstoline at gmail.com >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > > > -- > Steven M. Stoline > 1123 Forest Avenue > Portland, ME 04112 > sstoline at gmail.com > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA