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We revisit the homogenization problem for the Poisson equation in periodically perforated domains with zero Neumann data at the boundary of the holes and prescribed Dirichlet data at the outer boundary. It is known that, if the periodicity…
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In this article, the Hodge decomposition for any degree of differential forms is investigated on the whole space $\mathbb{R}^n$ and the half-space $\mathbb{R}^n_+$ on different scale of function spaces namely homogeneous and inhomogeneous…
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