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On second order elliptic equations with a small parameter

Probability 2013-09-10 v3 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

The Neumann problem with a small parameter (1ϵL0+L1)uϵ(x)=f(x)forxG,.uϵγϵ(x)G=0(\dfrac{1}{\epsilon}L_0+L_1)u^\epsilon(x)=f(x) \text{for} x\in G, .\dfrac{\partial u^\epsilon}{\partial \gamma^\epsilon}(x)|_{\partial G}=0 is considered in this paper. The operators L0L_0 and L1L_1 are self-adjoint second order operators. We assume that L0L_0 has a non-negative characteristic form and L1L_1 is strictly elliptic. The reflection is with respect to inward co-normal unit vector γϵ(x)\gamma^\epsilon(x). The behavior of limϵ0uϵ(x)\lim\limits_{\epsilon\downarrow 0}u^\epsilon(x) is effectively described via the solution of an ordinary differential equation on a tree. We calculate the differential operators inside the edges of this tree and the gluing condition at the root. Our approach is based on an analysis of the corresponding diffusion processes.

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@article{arxiv.1203.5096,
  title  = {On second order elliptic equations with a small parameter},
  author = {Mark Freidlin and Wenqing Hu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.5096},
  year   = {2013}
}

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28 pages, 1 figure, revised version

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