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subinterval

American  
[suhb-in-ter-vuhl] / sʌbˈɪn tər vəl /

noun

Mathematics.
  1. an interval that is a subset of a given interval.


Etymology

Origin of subinterval

First recorded in 1925–30; sub- + interval

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Choose a representative x*i in each subinterval and calculate f ⎛x*i ⎞ for i = 1, 2,…, n.

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Figure 1.4 In the right-endpoint approximation of area under a curve, the height of each rectangle is determined by the function value at the right of each subinterval.

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Choose a representative x* in each subinterval and calculate f ⎛x* ⎞ for i = 1, 2,…, n.

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Figure 1.3 In the left-endpoint approximation of area under a curve, the height of each rectangle is determined by the function value at the left of each subinterval.

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Figure 5.3 In the left-endpoint approximation of area under a curve, the height of each rectangle is determined by the function value at the left of each subinterval.

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