A new high accuracy non-polynomial tension spline method for the solution of one dimensional wave equation in polar co-ordinates

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new three-level implicit nine point compact finite difference formulation of O(k2 + h4) based on non-polynomial tension spline approximation in r-direction and finite difference approximation in t-direction for the numerical solution of one dimensional wave equation in polar co-ordinates. We describe the mathematical formulation procedure in details and also discuss the stability of the method. Numerical results are provided to justify the usefulness of the proposed method.

Keywords

• Wave equation in polar co-ordinates
• Non-polynomial tension spline
• Maximum absolute errors