gen_hermite_rule

gen_hermite_rule, a MATLAB code which generates a specific generalized Gauss-Hermite quadrature rule, based on user input.

The rule is written to three files for easy use as input to other programs.

The generalized Gauss Hermite quadrature rule is used as follows:

        Integral ( -oo < x < +oo ) |x-a|^alpha * exp( - b * ( x - a)^2 ) f(x) dx
      

        Sum ( 1 <= i <= order ) w(i) * f(x(i))
      

Usage:

gen_hermite_rule ( order, alpha, a, b, 'filename' )

• order is the number of points in the quadrature rule.
• alpha is the parameter for the generalized Gauss-Hermite quadrature rule. The value of alpha may be any real value greater than -1.0. Specifying alpha=0.0 results in the basic (non-generalized) rule.
• a is the center point (default 0);
• b is the scale factor (default 1);
• 'filename' specifies the names of the output files: filename_w.txt, filename_x.txt, and filename_r.txt, containing the weights, abscissas, and interval limits.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

gen_hermite_rule is available in a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version

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Reference:

1. Milton Abramowitz, Irene Stegun,
   Handbook of Mathematical Functions,
   National Bureau of Standards, 1964,
   ISBN: 0-486-61272-4,
   LC: QA47.A34.
2. Philip Davis, Philip Rabinowitz,
   Methods of Numerical Integration,
   Second Edition,
   Dover, 2007,
   ISBN: 0486453391,
   LC: QA299.3.D28.
3. Sylvan Elhay, Jaroslav Kautsky,
   Algorithm 655: IQPACK, FORTRAN Subroutines for the Weights of Interpolatory Quadrature,
   ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software,
   Volume 13, Number 4, December 1987, pages 399-415.
4. Jaroslav Kautsky, Sylvan Elhay,
   Calculation of the Weights of Interpolatory Quadratures,
   Numerische Mathematik,
   Volume 40, 1982, pages 407-422.
5. Roger Martin, James Wilkinson,
   The Implicit QL Algorithm,
   Numerische Mathematik,
   Volume 12, Number 5, December 1968, pages 377-383.
6. Arthur Stroud, Don Secrest,
   Gaussian Quadrature Formulas,
   Prentice Hall, 1966,
   LC: QA299.4G3S7.

Source Code:

• gen_hermite_rule.m the source code.