On a class of modified Newton-Cotes quadrature formulae based upon mixed- type interpolation (Q805963)

In 1988, \textit{U. T. Ehrenmark} [J. Comput. Appl. Math. 21, 87-99 (1988; Zbl 0632.65017)] gave a new quadrature formula which is exact for the functions 1, sin kx, cos kx over [0,2h] - a generalization of the Simpson's formula. Here the authors extend this idea and obtain quadrature formulae which are exact for polynomials up to degree m-2 and also for sin kx, cos kx, where k is a free parameter. They show that the method of Ehrenmark does not extend to this situation and so replace the integrand by a function of the form \(a \cos kx+b \sin kx+\sum^{m-2}_{j=0}c_ jx^ j\) which interpolates the integrand on equally spaced knots. Earlier [J. Comput. Appl. Math. 30, No.1, 55-69 (1990; Zbl 0693.41003)], they had obtained an explicit expression for the interpolant, which is found useful here. Expression for the error-term is also derived and the efficiency of the method is suitably illustrated by several examples.