(873, #23) In the Midpoint Rule for triple integrals we use a triple Riemann sum to approximate over a box B, where is evaluated at the center of the box . Use the Midpoint Rule to estimate , where B is the cube defined by . Use partition of B into eight cubes of equal size. What is the norm of this partition?

Solution:

The midpoints are (¼, ¼, ¼), (¼, ¼, ¾), (¼, ¾, ¼), (¾, ¼, ¼), (¼, ¾, ¾), (¾, ¼, ¾), (¾, ¾, ¼), (¾, ¾, ¾)

Thus using the midpoint rule we get :

The norm of the partition is the maximum of the lengths of the diagonals of the cubes of the partition, which, in this case, is .

by: gm