Thomas Weddle

Thomas Weddle (30 November 1817 Stamfordham, Northumberland – 4 December 1853 Bagshot) was a mathematician who introduced the Weddle surface. He was mathematics professor at the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.

Weddle's Rule is a method of integration, the Newton-Cotes formula with N=6.

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