Research Article

A Class of Numerical Methods for the Solution of Fourth-Order Ordinary Differential Equations in Polar Coordinates

Table 3

The MAE and RMSE.

2nd-order method4th-order method
MAERMSEMAERMSE

0.7141 (−05)0.4859 (−05)0.2673 (−05)0.1818 (−05)
0.3339 (−05)0.2240 (−05)0.6974 (−06)0.4745 (−06)
0.2488 (−04)0.1683 (−04)0.1266 (−04)0.6538 (−05)
0.1126 (−04)0.8137 (−05)0.2548 (−05)0.1656 (−05)

0.1806 (−05)0.1182 (−05)0.2467 (−06)0.1639 (−06)
0.8550 (−06)0.5595 (−06)0.4846 (−07)0.3212 (−07)
0.6486 (−05)0.4128 (−05)0.1167 (−05)0.5946 (−06)
0.2659 (−05)0.1957 (−05)0.1795 (−06)0.1119 (−06)

0.4514 (−06)0.2917 (−06)0.2048 (−07)0.1346 (−07)
0.2152 (−06)0.1391 (−06)0.3315 (−08)0.2161 (−08)
0.1620 (−05)0.1020 (−05)0.1027 (−06)0.4911 (−07)
0.6757 (−06)0.4828 (−06)0.1222 (−07)0.7515 (−08)

0.1125 (−06)0.7216 (−07)0.1510 (−08)0.9836 (−09)
0.5307 (−07)0.3442 (−07)0.2931 (−09)0.1883 (−09)
0.4038 (−06)0.2525 (−06)0.8190 (−08)0.3662 (−08)
0.1686 (−06)0.1192 (−06)0.9925 (−09)0.6537 (−09)

0.3050 (−07)0.1946 (−07)0.1213 (−09)0.7945 (−10)
0.1461 (−07)0.9331 (−08)0.1358 (−10)0.8769 (−11)
0.1076 (−06)0.6812 (−07)0.6420 (−09)0.2913 (−09)
0.4591 (−07)0.3237 (−07)0.5009 (−10)0.3048 (−10)