Research Article

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

Table 6

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

Present methodFinite difference Finite element

40.14956 × 10−30.12290 × 10−30.1500 × 10−30.1230 × 10−30.3983 × 10−30.22450 × 10−3
80.32000 × 10−30.16600 × 10−30.3200 × 10−30.1660 × 10−30.50528 × 10−30.21706 × 10−3
120.466159 × 10−30.17900 × 10−30.4670 × 10−30.1790 × 10−30.5357 × 10−30.20919 × 10−3
160.56635 × 10−30.18454 × 10−30.5670 × 10−30.1850 × 10−30.54934 × 10−30.20165 × 10−3
200.63748 × 10−30.23300 × 10−30.6380 × 10−30.2330 × 10−30.57247 × 10−30.36498 × 10−3