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Our best estimate for the true answer is the Richardson extrapolation $\displaystyle Q_R = (2^2 Q(.05) - Q(.1))/(2^2-1) = 3.4821$ (since Improved Euler has order p=2). The error being approximately proportional to h2, we should have $Q(.01) \approx Q_R + (Q(.1)-Q_R)/100 = 3.4849$.



Robert Israel
2002-02-07