Round 6: Tossup 19

The square root of pi appears in the result of this operation in many physics applications that involve the Gaussian function. Feynman’s trick is used to perform this (15[1])operation (15[2])by introducing an extra parameter. Simpson’s rule gives a method for approximating (15[1])the result of this operation. One method of approximating this operation relies on drawing (*) trapezoids. A method of performing this operation (10[1])with left-hand and right-hand (10[1])varieties relies on adding up infinitely many rectangles and is named after Riemann. For 10 points, (10[1])finding “the area under the curve” is one way to perform what operation, (10[1])the opposite of differentiation? (10[2])■END■

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