# scipy.integrate.simps¶

scipy.integrate.simps(y, x=None, dx=1, axis=-1, even='avg')[source]

Integrate y(x) using samples along the given axis and the composite Simpson’s rule. If x is None, spacing of dx is assumed.

If there are an even number of samples, N, then there are an odd number of intervals (N-1), but Simpson’s rule requires an even number of intervals. The parameter ‘even’ controls how this is handled.

Parameters
yarray_like

Array to be integrated.

xarray_like, optional

If given, the points at which y is sampled.

dxint, optional

Spacing of integration points along axis of y. Only used when x is None. Default is 1.

axisint, optional

Axis along which to integrate. Default is the last axis.

evenstr {‘avg’, ‘first’, ‘last’}, optional
‘avg’Average two results:1) use the first N-2 intervals with

a trapezoidal rule on the last interval and 2) use the last N-2 intervals with a trapezoidal rule on the first interval.

‘first’Use Simpson’s rule for the first N-2 intervals with

a trapezoidal rule on the last interval.

‘last’Use Simpson’s rule for the last N-2 intervals with a

trapezoidal rule on the first interval.

quad

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ODE integrators

Notes

For an odd number of samples that are equally spaced the result is exact if the function is a polynomial of order 3 or less. If the samples are not equally spaced, then the result is exact only if the function is a polynomial of order 2 or less.

Examples

>>> from scipy import integrate
>>> x = np.arange(0, 10)
>>> y = np.arange(0, 10)

>>> integrate.simps(y, x)
40.5

>>> y = np.power(x, 3)
>>> integrate.simps(y, x)
1642.5
>>> integrate.quad(lambda x: x**3, 0, 9)[0]
1640.25

>>> integrate.simps(y, x, even='first')
1644.5


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