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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 9.
Published in final edited form as: SIAM J Numer Anal. 2012 Jan 19;50(1):22–45. doi: 10.1137/100785958

Table 4.4. Example 2 results for the two partial derivatives of the solution (upper) and the adjoint solution (lower) at T = 10.

Δ t 1q (true) 1q (est) 1q (est)

1q (true)
True Error Term IIIab Term IIb Error Estimate Error Ratio 1q (est)+Error Estimate

1q (true)

0.04 −1.52E + 04 −1.91E + 04 1.25290 3.85E + 03 5.24E + 02 7.08E + 03 7.60E + 03 1.97601 0.75317
0.02 −1.52E + 04 −1.56E + 04 1.02488 3.78E + 02 4.93E + 01 2.60E + 02 3.10E + 02 0.81829 1.00452
0.01 −1.52E + 04 −1.53E + 04 1.00369 5.61E + 01 5.98E + 00 3.61E + 01 4.21E + 01 0.75009 1.00092

Δ t 2q (true) 2q (est) 2q (est)

2q (true)
True Error Term IIIab Term IIb Error Estimate Error Ratio 2q (est)+Error Estimate

2q (true)

0.04 6.66E + 02 7.03E + 02 1.05505 −3.67E + 01 1.17E + 03 −1.12E + 03 4.73E + 01 −1.29028 1.12609
0.02 6.66E + 02 6.79E + 02 1.01928 −1.28E + 01 8.71E + 01 −9.40E + 01 −6.94E + 00 0.54057 1.00886
0.01 6.66E + 02 6.68E + 02 1.00328 −2.19E + 00 1.02E + 01 −1.17E + 01 −1.48E + 00 0.67836 1.00106
Δ t φ(0) Φ(0) Φ(0)
φ(0)
True Error Term II Error Ratio Φ(0)+Error Estimate
φ(0)

0.04 1.52E + 03 1.90E + 03 1.25043 −3.81E + 02 −7.63E + 02 2.00188 0.74909
0.02 1.52E + 03 1.56E + 03 1.02465 −3.75E + 01 −3.11E + 01 0.83007 1.00419
0.01 1.52E + 03 1.53E + 03 1.00366 −5.57E + 00 −4.23E + 00 0.75982 1.00088