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The viscosity Method for the Homogenization of soft inclusions

Analysis of PDEs 2015-06-03 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we consider periodic soft inclusions TϵT_{\epsilon} with periodicity ϵ\epsilon, where the solution, uϵu_{\epsilon}, satisfies semi-linear elliptic equations of non-divergence in Ωϵ=ΩTˉϵ\Omega_{\epsilon}=\Omega\setminus \bar{T}_\epsilon with a Neumann data on Ta\partial T^{\mathfrak a} . The difficulty lies in the non-divergence structure of the operator where the standard energy method based on the divergence theorem can not be applied. The main object is developing a viscosity method to find the homogenized equation satisfied by the limit of uϵu_{\epsilon}, called as uu, as ϵ\epsilon approaches to zero. We introduce the concept of a compatibility condition between the equation and the Neumann condition on the boundary for the existence of uniformly bounded periodic first correctors. The concept of second corrector has been developed to show the limit, uu, is the viscosity solution of a homogenized equation.

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@article{arxiv.1111.2398,
  title  = {The viscosity Method for the Homogenization of soft inclusions},
  author = {Ki-ahm Lee and Minha Yoo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.2398},
  year   = {2015}
}