The document discusses the trapezoidal method, which is a technique for approximating definite integrals. It provides the general formula for the trapezoidal rule, explains how it works by approximating the area under a function as a trapezoid, and discusses its history, advantages of being easy to use and having powerful convergence properties. An example application of the trapezoidal rule is shown, along with pseudocode and a C code implementation. The document concludes the trapezoidal rule can accurately integrate non-periodic and periodic functions.