% Function simp3 % % 3D Simpson's rule over a rectangular solid. The call is % simp3(f,corners) when f is given as an inline function, and % simp3('f', corners) when f is given in a mfile. % corners = [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zman] defines the % range of integration. % User is asked to enter the number n of sudivisions in the % x direction, the number m in the y directions, and p, the % number in the z direction. m,n and p must be even. function out = simp3(f, corners) xmin = corners(1); xmax = corners(2); ymin = corners(3); ymax = corners(4); zmin = corners(5); zmax = corners(6); disp(' ') disp('the number of subdivisions m,n and p in each direction must be even') subdiv = input('enter the number of subdivisions [n m p] ') n = subdiv(1); m = subdiv(2); p = subdiv(3); x = linspace(xmin, xmax, n+1); y = linspace(ymin, ymax, m+1); z = linspace(zmin, zmax, p+1); [X,Y,Z] = meshgrid(x,y,z); svecx = 2*ones(1,n+1); svecx(2:2:n) = 4*ones(1,n/2); svecx(1) = 1; svecx(n+1) = 1; svecy = 2*ones(1,m+1); svecy(2:2:m) = 4*ones(1,m/2); svecy(1) = 1; svecy(m+1) = 1; svecz = 2*ones(1,p+1); svecz(2:2:p) = 4*ones(1,p/2); svecz(1) = 1; svecz(p+1) = 1; S2 = svecy'*svecx; S3 = zeros(m+1,n+1,p+1); for k = 1:p+1 S3(:,:, k) = svecz(k)*S2; end T = S3.*feval(f,X,Y,Z); V = (xmax - xmin)*(ymax-ymin)*(zmax - zmin); out = sum(sum(sum(T)))*V/(27*m*n*p);