– For small and intermediate rigidities ranging from R = 10−2
to 10−1, an excellent agreement between numerical and analytical
results can be found. However, QLT and SOQLT
are almost indistinguishable. For example, a chi-square test
yields values of χ2 = 6.551 and 6.432 at R = 10−1 for the
comparison to QLT and SOQLT, respectively, thereby revealing
that the agreement with SOQLT is slightly better.
However, the difference is marginal and might have occurred
purely by serendipity.