Research Article

Cubic Spline Method for 1D Wave Equation in Polar Coordinates

Table 2

𝛾 = 𝑘 / 2 = 4 . 0 , 𝑡 = 5 . 0 .

hProposed 𝑂 ( 𝑘 2 + 4 ) method 𝑂 ( 𝑘 4 + 4 ) method
discussed in [17]
𝛼 = 1 𝛼 = 2 𝛼 = 1 𝛼 = 2

1/100.3227 (−4)0.1658 (−4)0.6280 (−4)0.5558 (−4)
1/200.1967 (−5)0.1019 (−5)0.3884 (−5)0.3378 (−5)
1/400.1174 (−6)0.6282 (−7)0.2322 (−6)0.2084 (−6)
1/800.6935 (−8)0.3897 (−8)0.1408 (−7)0.1266 (−7)