Research Article

Numerical Solution of Heat Equation in Polar Cylindrical Coordinates by the Meshless Method of Lines

Table 3

Convergence of the method corresponding to Example 2.

Condition numberSpectral radiusMaximum absolute errora error

3005.61645e + 0041.048734.08133e − 0122.24683e − 012
4001.33014e + 0051.790491.69287e − 0121.04455e − 012
5002.66429e + 0052.329086.64945e − 0134.55461e − 013

aMaximum absolute error.