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Table 5 The maximum errors and convergence orders in spatial direction with \(\pmb{\tau =10^{-3}}\) and \(\pmb{t\in[0,0.05]}\)

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  = 0.8

α  = 0.7

e ( Ï„ , h )

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

e ( Ï„ , h )

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

e ( Ï„ , h )

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

\(\frac{ 1}{ 18}\)

9.37861 × 10−4

–

2.14166 × 10−3

–

5.11973 × 10−3

–

\(\frac{ 1}{ 16}\)

1.50810 × 10−3

4.03287

3.34524 × 10−3

3.78626

8.33874 × 10−3

4.14160

\(\frac{ 1}{ 14}\)

2.55210 × 10−3

3.93964

5.72571 × 10−3

4.02473

1.45425 × 10−2

4.16504

\(\frac{ 1}{ 12}\)

4.65456 × 10−3

3.89833

1.03879 × 10−2

3.86424

2.68133 × 10−2

3.96899

\(\frac{ 1}{ 10}\)

9.42235 × 10−3

3.86810

2.11810 × 10−2

3.90773

5.31652 × 10−2

3.75439