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Table 2 The errors Runge–Kutta methods for (12)

From: Asymptotical stability of Runge–Kutta methods for nonlinear impulsive differential equations

m

Explicit Euler method

Ralston’s method

Classical fourth-order method

AE

RE

AE

RE

AE

RE

10

0.00710

0.00635

3.89245e-05

3.48363e-05

3.99870e-09

3.57871e-09

20

0.00356

0.00319

9.81334e-06

8.78265e-06

2.61135e-10

2.33708e-10

40

0.00178

0.00160

2.46328e-06

2.20456e-06

1.66902e-11

1.49372e-11

80

8.92885e-04

7.99105e-04

6.17041e-07

5.52233e-07

1.05427e-12

9.43538e-13

160

4.46619e-04

3.99711e-04

1.54411e-07

1.38194e-07

6.55032e-14

5.86234e-14

Ratio

1.99666

1.99666

3.98463

3.98463

15.72119

15.72119