In 1994, a medical researcher presented an apparently novel method for approximating the area under a curve by summing the areas of small trapezoids underneath

In 1994, a medical researcher presented an apparently novel method for approximating the area under a curve by summing the areas of small trapezoids underneath it, clearly never having taken elementary calculus. It wasn’t long before a follow up paper pointed out her mistake. https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/17/10/1224/18808/Tai-s-Formula-Is-the-Trapezoidal-Rule https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/17/10/1224/18808/T...