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Theory and Modern Applications

Table 3 The errors for different time step Δt and space step h at \(t=1\) and convergence orders

From: A B-spline finite element method for solving a class of nonlinear parabolic equations modeling epitaxial thin-film growth with variable coefficient

(Δt,h)

\(\|u-u_{h}\|\)

rate

\(\|u-u_{h}\|_{1}\)

rate

\(\|u-u_{h}\|_{2} \)

rate

(1/100,1/10)

\(1.8855e^{-4}\)

 

\(7.0332e^{-3}\)

 

\(4.3020e^{-1}\)

 

(1/400,1/20)

\(1.0720e^{-5}\)

4.1366

\(8.1374e^{-4}\)

3.1116

\(1.0389e^{-1}\)

2.0500

(1/1600,1/40)

\(6.5496e^{-7}\)

4.0327

9.9694−5

3.0290

\(2.5745e^{-2}\)

2.0127

(1/6400,1/80)

\(4.0685e^{-8}\)

4.0088

\(1.2399e^{-5}\)

3.0073

\(6.4221e^{-3}\)

2.0032