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Table 1 The maximum errors and convergence order in spatial direction with \(\pmb{\tau=10^{-3}}\)

From: Finite difference scheme with spatial fourth-order accuracy for a class of time fractional parabolic equations with variable coefficient

h

α  = 0.9

α  = 0.7

α  = 0.5

e ( Ï„ , h )

\(\boldsymbol {Rate_{h}}\)

e ( Ï„ , h )

\(\boldsymbol {Rate_{h}}\)

e ( Ï„ , h )

\(\boldsymbol {Rate_{h}}\)

\(\frac{ 1}{ 28}\)

6.90559 × 10−5

–

7.52208 × 10−5

–

7.62869 × 10−5

–

\(\frac{ 1}{ 26}\)

9.27939 × 10−5

3.98694

1.02720 × 10−4

4.20438

1.05053 × 10−4

4.31756

\(\frac{ 1}{ 24}\)

1.28154 × 10−4

4.03352

1.40144 × 10−4

3.88122

1.40817 × 10−4

3.66048

\(\frac{ 1}{ 22}\)

1.81614 × 10−4

4.00691

2.00611 × 10−4

4.12245

2.06562 × 10−4

4.40332

\(\frac{ 1}{ 20}\)

2.65113 × 10−4

3.96890

2.92642 × 10−4

3.96161

3.03546 × 10−4

4.03874