Maximizing the Riemann sum for partitions of fixed size
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As I am doing again some elementary maths (for teaching), I have this following problem regarding Riemann sums.
Let's say we consider a function $,f$ on $[0,1]$ and we only consider partitions of size $n$ ($n$ is a positive integer) of the interval $[0,1]$.
What is the partition $x_0,x_1, x_2,..., x_n$ (with $x_0 = 0$ and $x_n = 1$) that maximizes the left Riemann sum of $,f$ ? Is it unique ?
If $,f$ is a linear function, I have proven that the equidistant partition is the only one, by showing the concavity of the function ad hoc (with definite positiveness of its Hessian).
But I have no remote idea about this question for the others functions.
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asked Dec 25 '18 at 8:32
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As I am doing again some elementary maths (for teaching), I have this following problem regarding Riemann sums.
Let's say we consider a function $,f$ on $[0,1]$ and we only consider partitions of size $n$ ($n$ is a positive integer) of the interval $[0,1]$.
What is the partition $x_0,x_1, x_2,..., x_n$ (with $x_0 = 0$ and $x_n = 1$) that maximizes the left Riemann sum of $,f$ ? Is it unique ?
If $,f$ is a linear function, I have proven that the equidistant partition is the only one, by showing the concavity of the function ad hoc (with definite positiveness of its Hessian).
But I have no remote idea about this question for the others functions.
maxima-minima riemann-sum partitions-for-integration
asked Dec 25 '18 at 8:32
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As I am doing again some elementary maths (for teaching), I have this following problem regarding Riemann sums.
Let's say we consider a function $,f$ on $[0,1]$ and we only consider partitions of size $n$ ($n$ is a positive integer) of the interval $[0,1]$.
What is the partition $x_0,x_1, x_2,..., x_n$ (with $x_0 = 0$ and $x_n = 1$) that maximizes the left Riemann sum of $,f$ ? Is it unique ?
If $,f$ is a linear function, I have proven that the equidistant partition is the only one, by showing the concavity of the function ad hoc (with definite positiveness of its Hessian).
But I have no remote idea about this question for the others functions.
maxima-minima riemann-sum partitions-for-integration
asked Dec 25 '18 at 8:32
newNewnewNew
12
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As I am doing again some elementary maths (for teaching), I have this following problem regarding Riemann sums.
Let's say we consider a function $,f$ on $[0,1]$ and we only consider partitions of size $n$ ($n$ is a positive integer) of the interval $[0,1]$.
What is the partition $x_0,x_1, x_2,..., x_n$ (with $x_0 = 0$ and $x_n = 1$) that maximizes the left Riemann sum of $,f$ ? Is it unique ?
If $,f$ is a linear function, I have proven that the equidistant partition is the only one, by showing the concavity of the function ad hoc (with definite positiveness of its Hessian).
But I have no remote idea about this question for the others functions.
maxima-minima riemann-sum partitions-for-integration
maxima-minima riemann-sum partitions-for-integration
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