Research Article

The Numerical Solution of Problems in Calculus of Variation Using B-Spline Collocation Method

Table 2

Results for Example 4.2.

𝑁 𝐸

8 1 / 8 2 . 1 8 4 6 × 1 0 6
16 1 / 1 6 5 . 4 3 9 6 × 1 0 7
32 1 / 3 2 1 . 3 5 4 4 × 1 0 7
64 1 / 6 4 3 . 3 5 0 0 × 1 0 8
128 1 / 1 2 8 8 . 0 1 7 2 × 1 0 9
256 1 / 2 5 6 1 . 6 4 6 9 × 1 0 9