Riemann sum
Mathematics
noun
A sum of the form Σf(y i)(x i − x i − 1), summed over all the points i of a set, which can be used to approximate the area under a curve or the value of an integral.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Annals of Mathematics.
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