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Table 12 The uniform two-mesh difference error and computed rates of convergence obtained by the proposed methods, Newton’s method, and Halley’s method. We set \(s_{0} = 0.2\), \(\mathit{Tol}= 10^{-10}\)

From: An efficient numerical approach for solving two-point fractional order nonlinear boundary value problems with Robin boundary conditions

\(\alpha _{2}\)

 

N = 64

N = 128

N = 256

N = 512

N = 1024

N = 2048

Finite difference method [22]

1.3

error

6.557E−002

4.240E−002

2.509E−002

1.387E−002

7.337E−003

3.782E−003

rate

0.629

0.757

0.855

0.919

0.956

0.977

1.5

error

2.271E−002

1.265E−002

6.749E−003

3.509E−003

1.795E−003

9.104E−004

rate

0.844

0.906

0.944

0.967

0.980

0.988

1.7

error

1.110E−002

5.968E−003

3.140E−003

1.628E−003

8.356E−004

4.262E−004

rate

0.895

0.927

0.948

0.962

0.971

0.978

1.9

error

5.650E−003

2.978E−003

1.557E−003

8.090E−004

4.184E−004

2.156E−004

rate

0.017

0.050

0.084

0.117

0.168

0.255

Newton’s method with linear explicit

1.3

error

5.35E−03

2.55E−03

1.14E−03

4.95E−04

2.09E−04

8.68E−05

rate

0.935

1.068

1.157

1.211

1.244

1.265

1.5

error

5.35E−03

2.55E−03

1.14E−03

4.95E−04

2.09E−04

8.68E−05

rate

0.935

1.068

1.157

1.211

1.244

1.265

1.7

error

4.19E−04

1.39E−04

4.51E−05

1.45E−05

4.62E−06

1.46E−06

rate

1.562

1.594

1.618

1.636

1.650

1.660

1.9

error

1.00E−04

2.85E−05

8.07E−06

2.27E−06

6.35E−07

1.77E−07

rate

1.798

1.810

1.821

1.830

1.837

1.844

Newton’s method

1.3

error

4.04E−03

6.03E−04

4.95E−05

8.12E−06

5.88E−06

2.17E−06

rate

2.238

2.745

3.607

2.606

0.465

1.438

1.5

error

2.41E−04

8.57E−05

2.50E−05

6.74E−06

1.74E−06

4.42E−07

rate

0.329

1.489

1.775

1.893

1.949

1.980

1.7

error

1.53E−04

4.05E−05

1.03E−05

2.58E−06

6.40E−07

1.58E−07

rate

1.779

1.919

1.975

1.998

2.010

2.017

1.9

error

9.08E−05

2.29E−05

5.74E−06

1.43E−06

3.58E−07

8.92E−08

rate

1.941

1.984

1.997

2.001

2.003

2.004

Halley’s method

1.3

error

1.00E−03

9.19E−05

6.67E−06

3.25E−07

1.60E−08

8.44E−09

rate

3.056

3.456

3.782

4.358

4.348

0.920

1.5

error

8.24E−06

2.48E−06

8.70E−07

3.02E−07

1.05E−07

3.64E−08

rate

2.111

1.732

1.511

1.524

1.526

1.525

1.7

error

1.26E−05

3.60E−06

1.07E−06

3.26E−07

9.97E−08

3.06E−08

rate

1.862

1.802

1.746

1.719

1.707

1.703

1.9

error

4.87E−06

1.06E−06

2.53E−07

6.42E−08

1.68E−08

4.44E−09

rate

2.365

2.200

2.063

1.980

1.937

1.916