Conditions for superiority of integration rules of the second kind (Q797075)

In this note the authors prove the theorem: Let f be a real function on [a,b], \(-\infty<a<b<\infty\), with \(f>0\) and f'' continuous, and f'(a)\(\neq f'(b)\). For \(n=2,3,...\), let \(T_ n=(b-a/2h)[f(a)+f(b)+2\sum^{n- 1}_{k=1}f(a+kh)], H=(b-a)/n\) be the composite trapezoidal rule applied to \(\int^{b}_{a}f\) and let T'\({}_ n\) be the composite trapezoidal rule applied to \(\int^{f(b)}_{f(a)}f^{-1}\). Suppose \([(f(b)- f(a))/(b-a)]^ 2<f'(a)f'(b).\) Then there exists an N such that for all \(n\geq N | \int^{f(b)}_{f(a)}f^{-1}-T'\!_ n|<| \int^{b}_{a}f-T_ n|.\) This means that, if \(a>0\) and f'(a)\(\geq 0\) the composite trapezoidal rule of the second kind is better for large n than the ordinary composite trapezoidal rule.