Research Article

Efficient Numerical Method for Solving a Quadratic Riccati Differential Equation

Table 1

The AEs of Example (1) using fourth-order Runge–Kutta (RK4) methods.


Case I: classical RK4 method
1.1153e-077.1708e-094.5427e-102.8580e-111.7923e-121.1258e-137.3275e-15
2.6297e-071.6906e-081.0710e-096.7377e-114.2253e-122.6446e-131.7097e-14
4.6838e-073.0109e-081.9073e-091.1999e-107.5240e-124.7051e-133.0642e-14
7.4674e-074.8000e-083.0404e-091.9127e-101.1994e-117.4984e-134.9738e-14
1.1237e-067.2225e-084.5748e-092.8779e-101.8045e-111.1273e-127.5051e-14
1.6338e-061.0501e-076.6511e-094.1841e-102.6235e-111.6427e-121.1013e-13
2.3239e-061.4935e-079.4596e-095.9507e-103.7311e-112.3390e-121.5632e-13
3.2569e-062.0931e-071.3257e-088.3395e-105.2287e-113.2805e-122.1760e-13
4.5182e-062.9036e-071.8390e-081.1568e-097.2531e-114.5524e-122.9932e-13
6.2225e-063.9989e-072.5327e-081.5932e-099.9895e-116.2537e-123.8369e-13

Case II: England version of RK4 method
3.6077e-092.2755e-101.4254e-118.9129e-135.5733e-142.8866e-151.3323e-15
7.5843e-094.7887e-103.0005e-111.8767e-121.1746e-137.7716e-152.4425e-15
1.1965e-087.5640e-104.7408e-112.9652e-121.8630e-131.3101e-141.9984e-15
1.6788e-081.0628e-096.6638e-114.1682e-122.6201e-131.8208e-142.2204e-16
2.2093e-081.4011e-098.7883e-115.4976e-123.4595e-132.3981e-141.5543e-15
2.7922e-081.7744e-091.1135e-106.9678e-124.3876e-132.7534e-144.4409e-15
3.4318e-082.1862e-091.3728e-108.5918e-125.4046e-133.1086e-147.1054e-15
4.1327e-082.6404e-091.6592e-101.0387e-116.5414e-133.6415e-141.0214e-14
4.8992e-083.1410e-091.9756e-101.2370e-117.7893e-134.1744e-141.4655e-14
5.7356e-083.6925e-092.3249e-101.4556e-119.0861e-136.2617e-148.4377e-15

Case III: a new formula of RK4 method
3.4181e-072.1968e-081.3913e-098.7523e-115.4883e-123.4306e-132.1316e-14
8.0409e-075.1676e-083.2729e-092.0588e-101.2910e-118.0780e-134.9294e-14
1.4291e-069.1841e-085.8166e-093.6590e-102.2943e-111.4355e-128.9262e-14
2.2738e-061.4612e-079.2546e-095.8216e-103.6501e-112.2840e-121.4455e-13
3.4152e-062.1948e-071.3900e-088.7438e-105.4823e-113.4304e-122.1871e-13
4.9573e-063.1857e-072.0176e-081.2692e-097.9574e-114.9818e-123.1841e-13
7.0403e-064.5243e-072.8653e-081.8024e-091.1301e-107.0774e-124.5297e-13
9.8535e-066.3322e-074.0103e-082.5226e-091.5816e-109.9059e-126.3283e-13
1.3653e-058.7737e-075.5565e-083.4952e-092.1914e-101.3727e-118.7397e-13
1.8782e-051.2071e-067.6445e-084.8086e-093.0150e-101.8870e-111.1742e-12

Case IV: a second new formula of RK4 method
3.4772e-082.2386e-091.4192e-108.9324e-125.6022e-133.4861e-141.3323e-15
8.2602e-085.3161e-093.3699e-102.1208e-111.3303e-128.3045e-143.5527e-15
1.4815e-079.5322e-096.0415e-103.8020e-112.3841e-121.4855e-138.6597e-15
2.3772e-071.5291e-089.6905e-106.0980e-113.8232e-122.3848e-131.5321e-14
3.5983e-072.3141e-081.4663e-099.2267e-115.7845e-123.6016e-132.5757e-14
5.2599e-073.3820e-082.1428e-091.3482e-108.4523e-125.2913e-133.8414e-14
7.5175e-074.8327e-083.0617e-091.9263e-101.2077e-117.5939e-135.6399e-14
1.0581e-066.8011e-084.3084e-092.7106e-101.6994e-111.0703e-127.8604e-14
1.4734e-069.4694e-085.9983e-093.7736e-102.3660e-111.4921e-121.0791e-13
2.0359e-061.3084e-078.2872e-095.2135e-103.2694e-112.0446e-121.2035e-13

Case V: a third new formula of RK4 method
2.6635e-081.7072e-091.0796e-106.7855e-124.2544e-132.7089e-142.6645e-15
6.1696e-083.9559e-092.5020e-101.5727e-119.8588e-136.2617e-145.5511e-15
1.0803e-076.9295e-094.3835e-102.7556e-111.7273e-121.0969e-137.7716e-15
1.6949e-071.0875e-086.8805e-104.3256e-112.7112e-121.7164e-139.1038e-15
2.5125e-071.6126e-081.0204e-096.4155e-114.0221e-122.5424e-131.2434e-14
3.6027e-072.3131e-081.4638e-099.2041e-115.7707e-123.6171e-131.7097e-14
5.0596e-073.2494e-082.0567e-091.2932e-108.1086e-125.0493e-132.3981e-14
7.0098e-074.5031e-082.8505e-091.7925e-101.1239e-116.9855e-133.4639e-14
9.6242e-076.1842e-083.9151e-092.4621e-101.5439e-119.5746e-134.9294e-14
1.3133e-068.4410e-085.3443e-093.3610e-102.1069e-111.3225e-129.4591e-14