%5.4 Gaussnodescode.m b = 1/2*sqrt(1 - (2*(1:n)).^(-2)); % off-diagonal entries of Legendre's L L = diag(b,1) + diag(b,-1); % symmetric tridiagonal L of size n + 1 [V,X] = eig(L); % eigenvectors in V, eigenvalues in X x = diag(X); [x,j] = sort(x); % Gauss nodes x_j are eigenvalues of L w = 2*V (1,j).^2; % the weights w_j are all positive I = w*f(x); % exact quadrature for degree 2n + 1