Example 4.  Reduce the step size by  [Graphics:Images/MilneSimpsonMod_gr_73.gif] and see what happens to the error.
Recalculate points for Milne-Simpson's method, and the analytic solution using twice as many subintervals.
Then Plot the error for Milne-Simpson's method.

Solution 4.

[Graphics:../Images/MilneSimpsonMod_gr_74.gif]

The error for Milne-Simpson's method.

[Graphics:../Images/MilneSimpsonMod_gr_75.gif]

[Graphics:../Images/MilneSimpsonMod_gr_76.gif]

[Graphics:../Images/MilneSimpsonMod_gr_77.gif]
and the step size h = 0.1


Compare the error for Milne-Simpson's method with 25 and 50 subintervals.
Question 1. When the step size is reduced by [Graphics:../Images/MilneSimpsonMod_gr_79.gif] estimate how much is the error reduced ?  (Theoretically is is [Graphics:../Images/MilneSimpsonMod_gr_80.gif].)  

[Graphics:../Images/MilneSimpsonMod_gr_81.gif]

[Graphics:../Images/MilneSimpsonMod_gr_82.gif]

[Graphics:../Images/MilneSimpsonMod_gr_83.gif]