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In this paper, we consider the three dimensional Vlasov equation with an inhomogeneous, varying direction, strong magnetic field. Whenever the magnetic field has constant intensity, the oscillations generated by the stiff term are periodic.…

A mechanically-based structural optimization method is utilized to explore the phenomena of jamming for assemblies of frictionless Platonic solids. Systems of these regular convex polyhedra exhibit mechanically stable phases with density…

Consider a discrete uniformly elliptic divergence form equation on the $d$ dimensional lattice $\Z^d$ with random coefficients. In [3] rate of convergence results in homogenization and estimates on the difference between the averaged…

Let $k\in\mathbb{N}$, $\Omega$ be homogeneous of degree zero, integrable on $S^{d-1}$ and have vanishing moment of order $k$, $a$ be a function on $\mathbb{R}^d$ such that $\nabla a\in L^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^d)$, and $T_{\Omega,\,a;k}$ be…

We investigate a homogenization problem related to a non-local interface energy with a periodic forcing term. We show the existence of planelike minimizers for such energy. Moreover, we prove that, under suitable assumptions on the…

We investigate a finite element discretization of an elastic bending-plate model with an effective prestrain. The model has been obtained via homogenization and dimension reduction by B\"onlein at al. (2023). Its energy functional is the…

We establish a principle of forced geometric irreducibility on product manifolds. We prove that for any product manifold $M=M_1\times M_2$, a cohomologically calibrated affine connection, $\nabla^{\mathcal{C}}$, is necessarily holonomically…

The paper deals with periodic homogenization of nonlocal symmetric convolution type operators in $L^2(\mathbb R^d)$, whose kernel is the product of a density that belongs to the domain of attraction of an $\alpha$-stable law and a rapidly…

In this paper we give an explicit sufficient condition for the affine map $u_\lambda(x):=\lambda x$ to be the global energy minimizer of a general class of elastic stored-energy functionals $I(u)=\int_{\Omega} W(\nabla u)\,dx$ in three…

This paper deals with the approximation and homogenization of thermoelastic wave model. First, we study the homogenization problem of a weakly coupled thermoelastic wave model with rapidly varying coefficients, using a semigroup approach,…

We prove the existence of the weak solutions to the compressible Navier--Stokes system with barotropic pressure $p(\varrho)=\varrho^\gamma$ for $\gamma\geq 9/5$ in three space dimension. The novelty of the paper is the approximation scheme…

We analyse the $\Gamma$-convergence of general non-local convolution type functionals with varying densities depending on the space variable and on the symmetrized gradient. The limit is a local free-discontinuity functional, where the bulk…

Here homogenization theory is used to establish a connection between the symmetries of a periodic elastic structure associated with the microscopic properties of an elastic material and the material symmetries of the effective, macroscopic…

A homogenization result for a family of integral energies is presented, where the fields are subjected to periodic first order oscillating differential constraints in divergence form. The work is based on the theory of A -quasiconvexity…

We present a simple example of toughening mechanism in the homogenization of composites with soft inclusions, produced by crack deflection at microscopic level. We show that the mechanism is connected to the irreversibility of the crack…

The cosmological constant term, $\Lambda$, in Einstein's equations has been for three decades a building block of the concordance or standard $\Lambda$CDM model of cosmology. Although the latter is not free of fundamental problems, it…

We consider a family of linearly viscoelastic shells with thickness $2\varepsilon$, clamped along a portion of their lateral face, all having the same middle surface $S=\mathbf{\theta}(\bar{\omega})\subset \mathbb{R}^3$, where…

A function $f\in \BUC(\R^d)$ is said to be weakly* almost periodic, denoted $f\in\APs(\R^d)$, if there is $g\in\AP(\R^d)$, such that, $\oM(|f-g|)=0$, where $\BUC(\R^d)$ and $\AP(\R^d)$ are, respectively, the space of bounded uniformly…

Fix a function $W(x_1,\ldots,x_d) = \sum_{k=1}^d W_k(x_k)$ where each $W_k: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is a strictly increasing right continuous function with left limits. For a diagonal matrix function $A$, let $\nabla A \nabla_W =…