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Table 5 The MAEs for Example 5 at \(\pmb{t=1.0, \eta=0.94}\) (quasi-variable mesh)

From: A class of quasi-variable mesh methods based on off-step discretization for the numerical solution of fourth-order quasi-linear parabolic partial differential equations

N  + 1

 

\(\boldsymbol {O(k^{2}+k^{2}h_{l}+ h_{l}^{3})}\) -method ( 16a )-( 16b )

\(\boldsymbol {O(k^{2}+ h_{l}^{2})}\) -method ( 15a )-( 15b )

 

α  = 1

α  = 2

α  = 1

α  = 2

8

u

1.8743 (−04)

5.4079 (−04)

3.6061 (−03)

8.7376 (−03)

\(u_{rr}\)

1.4353 (−03)

8.2498 (−03)

8.6067 (−02)

7.9741 (−02)

16

u

1.7017 (−05)

4.5019 (−05)

6.8621 (−04)

1.6912 (−03)

\(u_{rr}\)

1.5498 (−04)

1.3071 (−03)

2.6282 (−02)

4.7895 (−02)

32

u

3.1833 (−06)

7.4946 (−06)

1.2889 (−04)

3.5410 (−04)

\(u_{rr}\)

5.1980 (−05)

4.3430 (−04)

1.1033 (−02)

3.0090 (−02)