Research Article

On the Analytical and Numerical Solutions of the One-Dimensional Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation

Table 1

A sum of squares errors (SSEs) comparison of the Hopscotch method, the Crank-Nicolson method, the split-step Fourier transform, and the Fourier pseudospectral method at and over a space domain , computed over a range of different values from to .

Time, SSE of Hopscotch methodSSE of Crank-Nicolson methodSSE of split-step Fourier transformSSE of Fourier pseudospectral method

4.8101e − 106.5687e − 072.5802e − 281.4118e − 04
1.9241e − 092.6292e − 069.8438e − 285.6590e − 04
4.3293e − 095.9195e − 061.9592e − 271.2759e − 03
7.6967e − 091.053e − 053.4388e − 272.2730e − 03
1.2026e − 081.6464e − 055.2826e − 275.1356e − 03
1.7319e − 082.3724e − 057.4381e − 275.1356e − 03
2.3573e − 083.2312e − 051.0108e − 267.0047e − 03
4.8231e − 067.0135e − 032.0486e − 241.7160e + 00