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Table 4 Exact solution and absolute errors for Example 2 at time \(t=1\), \(\beta=1\), fixed \(h=0.0625\) and \(\tau=0.01\)

From: A new formulation of finite difference and finite volume methods for solving a space fractional convection–diffusion model with fewer error estimates

x

Exact solution

Absolute error

Absolute error

 

FDSF

FVSF

−2.

0.02949131

2.860725 × 10−4

8.30618 × 10−5

−1.9375

0.05741732

1.941801 × 10−4

9.50135 × 10−5

−1.875

0.08254919

4.107925 × 10−4

8.55201 × 10−5

−1.8125

0.10222554

6.965656 × 10−4

1.08174 × 10−5

−1.75

0.12048793

1.199878 × 10−4

1.27712 × 10−5

−1.6875

0.13548110

1.046201 × 10−4

4.48834 × 10−5

−1.625

0.14885322

1.139510 × 10−4

6.06044 × 10−5

−1.5625

0.16225611

2.306122 × 10−4

7.57187 × 10−5

−1.5

0.17534557

1.393114 × 10−4

9.08811 × 10−5

−1.4375

0.18828164

6.647887 × 10−4

0.20690 × 10−5

−1.375

0.20312896

3.956443 × 10−4

0.70671 × 10−5

−1.3125

0.21995710

8.339676 × 10−4

0.84062 × 10−5

−1.25

0.23504094

8.336256 × 10−4

0.25998 × 10−5