Research Article

Efficient Numerical Method for Solving a Quadratic Riccati Differential Equation

Table 2

The AEs of Example (2) using fourth-order Runge–Kutta (RK4) methods.


Case I: classical RK4 method
2.2551e-061.5184e-079.8491e-096.2708e-103.9557e-112.4840e-121.5543e-13
4.7763e-063.1936e-072.0641e-081.3119e-098.2681e-115.1891e-123.2457e-13
7.3083e-064.8505e-073.1235e-081.9814e-091.2476e-107.8259e-124.9027e-13
9.5635e-066.3023e-074.0441e-082.5610e-091.6111e-101.0101e-116.3527e-13
1.1301e-057.4039e-074.7374e-082.9957e-091.8833e-101.1803e-117.4463e-13
1.2408e-058.0984e-075.1724e-083.2678e-092.0534e-101.2869e-118.1413e-13
1.2940e-058.4328e-075.3815e-083.3985e-092.1351e-101.3382e-118.4910e-13
1.3100e-058.5316e-075.4419e-083.4357e-092.1581e-101.3529e-118.6020e-13
1.3141e-058.5375e-075.4381e-083.4308e-092.1543e-101.3503e-118.5909e-13
1.3245e-058.5473e-075.4260e-083.4174e-092.1441e-101.3427e-118.3977e-13

Case II: England version of RK4 method
1.8238e-061.2286e-077.9738e-095.0789e-103.2046e-112.0125e-121.2590e-13
3.7840e-062.5339e-071.6397e-081.0428e-096.5747e-114.1272e-122.5807e-13
5.7022e-063.7952e-072.4483e-081.5547e-099.7944e-116.1453e-123.8519e-13
7.4121e-064.9044e-073.1547e-082.0004e-091.2593e-107.8977e-124.9760e-13
8.7887e-065.7860e-073.7126e-082.3512e-091.4792e-109.2731e-125.8653e-13
9.7606e-066.4011e-074.0995e-082.5937e-091.6310e-101.0225e-116.4893e-13
1.0321e-056.7501e-074.3170e-082.7294e-091.7158e-101.0757e-116.8523e-13
1.0545e-056.8794e-074.3938e-082.7761e-091.7445e-101.0938e-116.9811e-13
1.0585e-056.8771e-074.3828e-082.7662e-091.7373e-101.0892e-116.9567e-13
1.0608e-056.8394e-074.3423e-082.7354e-091.7164e-101.0749e-116.7191e-13

Case III: a new formula of RK4 method
3.1177e-062.0981e-071.3600e-088.6546e-105.4580e-113.4268e-122.1448e-13
6.7609e-064.5128e-072.9131e-081.8500e-091.1655e-107.3131e-124.5755e-13
1.0520e-056.9611e-074.4738e-082.8350e-091.7840e-101.1188e-117.0077e-13
1.3866e-059.0980e-075.8229e-083.6821e-092.3147e-101.4508e-119.1094e-13
1.6326e-051.0640e-066.7872e-084.2849e-092.6914e-101.6861e-111.0610e-12
1.7701e-051.1493e-067.3182e-084.6159e-092.8981e-101.8155e-111.1446e-12
1.8177e-051.1798e-067.5107e-084.7367e-092.9737e-101.8630e-111.1773e-12
1.8211e-051.1836e-067.5383e-084.7551e-092.9854e-101.8707e-111.1846e-12
1.8255e-051.1858e-067.5485e-084.7600e-092.9881e-101.8723e-111.1871e-12
1.8519e-051.1963e-067.5933e-084.7814e-092.9994e-101.8780e-111.1759e-12

Case IV: a second new formula of RK4 method
1.9675e-061.3252e-078.5989e-095.4762e-103.4549e-112.1696e-121.3577e-13
4.1148e-062.7538e-071.7812e-081.1325e-097.1392e-114.4811e-122.8008e-13
6.2376e-064.1469e-072.6734e-081.6969e-091.0688e-106.7053e-124.2016e-13
8.1292e-065.3704e-073.4512e-082.1872e-091.3766e-108.6320e-125.4312e-13
9.6262e-066.3253e-074.0542e-082.5660e-091.6139e-101.0116e-116.3882e-13
1.0643e-056.9669e-074.4571e-082.8184e-091.7718e-101.1107e-117.0366e-13
1.1194e-057.3110e-074.6718e-082.9525e-091.8555e-101.1633e-117.3919e-13
1.1397e-057.4302e-074.7432e-082.9960e-091.8824e-101.1801e-117.5162e-13
1.1437e-057.4305e-074.7346e-082.9877e-091.8763e-101.1762e-117.4984e-13
1.1487e-057.4087e-074.7035e-082.9628e-091.8590e-101.1640e-117.2764e-13

Case V: a third new formula of RK4 method
1.7375e-061.1706e-077.5988e-094.8405e-103.0543e-111.9182e-121.1996e-13
3.5855e-062.4020e-071.5548e-089.8900e-106.2360e-113.9146e-122.4469e-13
5.3810e-063.5841e-072.3133e-081.4693e-099.2579e-115.8089e-123.6421e-13
6.9818e-064.6248e-072.9769e-081.8882e-091.1889e-107.4570e-124.7018e-13
8.2862e-065.4624e-073.5076e-082.2222e-091.3984e-108.7679e-125.5511e-13
9.2312e-066.0616e-073.8849e-082.4589e-091.5466e-109.6974e-126.1595e-13
9.7971e-066.4135e-074.1041e-082.5956e-091.6319e-101.0233e-116.5215e-13
8.2862e-066.5490e-074.1841e-082.6442e-091.6618e-101.0421e-116.6547e-13
9.2312e-066.5450e-074.1718e-082.6333e-091.6539e-101.0371e-116.6280e-13
1.0081e-056.4978e-074.1255e-082.5990e-091.6309e-101.0214e-116.3838e-13