Exercise
3. Consider the integral
, where
C is the positively oriented upper
semicircle of radius 1, centered at
0.
3 (a). Give a
Riemann sum approximation for the integral by
selecting
and
using the
points
and
.
Solution 3 (a).
See text and/or instructor's solution manual.
Answer. The approximation simplifies
to
.
Solution. Use the
following:
,
,
, and
Make the substitutions and get
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This solution is complements of the authors.
(c) 2008 John H. Mathews, Russell W. Howell