Hi,
I'm reading data points from a graph. The points could for example be (0, 0), (1, 3), (2, 8). I would like to calculate the integral of the piecewise linear segments that these points span. Ideally, I want a command of this type: integral( (0, 0), (1, 3), (2, 8) ). Does such a command exist in Sage? I found trapezoid_integral_approximation, for instance, but this one is messy compared to what I want. Here you need to define the interval and local function for each segment, instead of just listing the points. Below is an attempt to use trapezoid_integral_approximation in the fashion I desire. It's bulky and does not work. y_0, s_0, y_1, s_1, y = var('y_0, s_0, y_1, s_1, y'); f (y_0, s_0, y_1, s_1, y)= (y - y_0) * ((s_1 - s_0) / (y_1 - y_0)) + s_0; sigma = Piecewise([[ (0, 1), f (0, 100, 1, 300) ]]); print f.trapezoid_integral_approximation(4); Regards, hpon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---