This document discusses the history and applications of integration. It provides an overview of how integration was developed over time by mathematicians like Archimedes, Gauss, Leibniz, and Newton. It also outlines real-world uses of integration in engineering projects like designing the PETRONAS Towers and Sydney Opera House. The document then explains numerical integration methods like the Trapezoidal Rule, Simpson's Rule, and their variations. It provides formulas and examples of how to apply these rules to approximate definite integrals.
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