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Table 1 Errors norms and the corresponding convergence orders (\(\Delta t\approx \Delta x^{2}\)) for example 2

From: Linear B-spline finite element method for the generalized diffusion equation with delay

N

Central finite difference method (\(\theta =1\)) [30]

Linear B-spline FEM

\(L_{2}\)

Order

\(L_{\infty }\)

Order

\(L_{2}\)

Order

\(L_{\infty }\)

Order

5

5.41E−02

–

4.10E−02

–

2.52E−02

–

2.45E−02

–

10

1.34E−03

2.00

1.07E−02

2.07

4.77E−03

2.40

4.70E−03

2.38

20

3.25E−03

2.04

2.59E−03

2.02

1.14E−03

2.06

1.12E−03

2.07

40

8.10E−04

2.00

6.46E−04

2.00

2.83E−04

2.01

2.76E−04

2.02

80

2.02E−04

2.00

1.61E−04

2.00

7.06E−05

2.00

6.89E−05

2.00