Research Article

The Method of Lines Solution of the Regularized Long-Wave Equation Using Runge-Kutta Time Discretization Method

Table 3

and errors for (1) with    and over the region .

Present methodFinite difference Finite element

40.6945 × 10−40.26441 × 10−40.1200 × 10−30.05000 × 10−30.1176 × 10−30.5622 × 10−3
80.13788 × 10−30.53415 × 10−40.2300 × 10−30.09000 × 10−30.23108 × 10−30.1088 × 10−3
120.20450 × 10−30.79260 × 10−40.3400 × 10−30.1400 × 10−30.3374 × 10−30.1544 × 10−3
160.26884 × 10−30.10331 × 10−30.45000 × 10−30.18000 × 10−30.43784 × 10−30.19377 × 10−3
200.33080 × 10−30.12561 × 10−30.55000 × 10−30.21000 × 10−30.53223 × 10−30.2272 × 10−3