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Table 6 The maximum errors and convergence orders in spatial direction with \(\pmb{\tau =10^{-4}}\) and \(\pmb{t\in[0,0.01]}\)

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 )

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

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

1.44527 × 10−3

–

3.49475 × 10−3

–

5.11973 × 10−3

–

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

2.39382 × 10−3

4.28410

5.47831 × 10−3

3.81663

8.51837 × 10−3

3.78163

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

4.25691 × 10−3

4.31099

9.16482 × 10−3

3.85359

2.25842 × 10−2

3.96621

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

7.87254 × 10−3

3.98855

1.71871 × 10−2

4.07904

4.42381 × 10−2

4.36155

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

1.60094 × 10−2

3.89308

3.79037 × 10−2

4.33788

8.84836 × 10−2

3.80224