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Theory and Modern Applications

Table 3 The maximum errors and convergence orders 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 )

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

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

6.91107 × 10−5

–

7.52059 × 10−5

–

7.63106 × 10−5

–

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

9.28465 × 10−5

3.98390

1.02705 × 10−4

4.20514

1.03136 × 10−4

4.03963

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

1.28210 × 10−4

4.03182

1.40131 × 10−4

3.88184

1.40804 × 10−4

4.40284

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

1.81665 × 10−4

4.00520

2.00594 × 10−4

4.12254

2.06535 × 10−4

3.88945

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

2.65168 × 10−4

3.96811

2.92628 × 10−4

3.96201

3.03532 × 10−4

4.06486