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We introduce a new iterative method for computing solutions of elliptic equations with random rapidly oscillating coefficients. Similarly to a multigrid method, each step of the iteration involves different computations meant to address…

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This paper is concerned with homogenization of systems of linear elasticity with rapidly oscillating periodic coefficients. We establish sharp convergence rates in $L^2$ for the mixed boundary value problems with bounded measurable…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-02-14 Zhongwei Shen , Jinping Zhuge

We review a coarse-graining theory for divergence-form elliptic operators. The construction centers on a pair of coarse-grained matrices defined on spatial blocks that encode a scale-dependent notion of ellipticity, transmit precise…

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We give a self-contained introduction to the theory of elliptic homogenization for random coefficient fields, starting from classical qualitative homogenization. The presentation also contains new results, such as optimal estimates (both in…

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We consider divergence form elliptic operators in dimension $n\geq 2$ with $L^\infty$ coefficients. Although solutions of these operators are only H\"{o}lder continuous, we show that they are differentiable ($C^{1,\alpha}$) with respect to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Houman Owhadi , Lei Zhang

We introduce a new constructive method for establishing lower bounds on convergence rates of periodic homogenization problems associated with divergence type elliptic operators. The construction is applied in two settings. First, we show…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-28 Hayk Aleksanyan

A central question in numerical homogenization of partial differential equations with multiscale coefficients is the accurate computation of effective quantities, such as the homogenized coefficients. Computing homogenized coefficients…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-22 Assyr Abdulle , Doghonay Arjmand , Edoardo Paganoni

A finite element method for elliptic problems with discontinuous coefficients is presented. The discontinuity is assumed to take place along a closed smooth curve. The proposed method allows to deal with meshes that are not adapted to the…

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The Laplace-Beltrami problem on closed surfaces embedded in three dimensions arises in many areas of physics, including molecular dynamics (surface diffusion), electromagnetics (harmonic vector fields), and fluid dynamics (vesicle…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Tristan Goodwill , Michael O'Neil

We study quantitative homogenization of the eigenvalues for elliptic systems with periodically distributed inclusions, where the conductivity of inclusions are strongly contrast to that of the matrix. We propose a quantitative version of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-19 Xin Fu

We introduce a new method for studying stochastic homogenization of elliptic equations in nondivergence form. The main application is an algebraic error estimate, asserting that deviations from the homogenized limit are at most proportional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-10 Scott N. Armstrong , Charles K. Smart

In this article we are interested in quantitative homogenization results for linear elliptic equations in the non-stationary situation of a straight interface between two heterogenous media. This extends the previous work [Josien, 2019] to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-03 Marc Josien , Claudia Raithel

We present an introduction to periodic and stochastic homogenization of ellip- tic partial differential equations. The first part is concerned with the qualitative theory, which we present for equations with periodic and random coefficients…

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In the whole space $R^d$, $d\ge 2$, we study homogenization of a divergence form elliptic operator $A_\varepsilon$ of order $2m\ge 4$ with measurable $\varepsilon$-periodic coefficients, where $\varepsilon$ is a small parameter. For the…

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Asymptotic homogenisation is used to systematically derive reduced-order macroscopic models of conductive behaviour in spirally-wound layered materials in which the layers have very different conductivities. The problem is motivated by the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-11-10 Steven Psaltis , Robert Timms , Colin Please , S. Jonathan Chapman

In this paper, we study the homogenization of elliptic equations that combine a local part, given by the Laplacian with Neumann boundary conditions, and its nonlocal version, defined through an integral operator with a smooth kernel. These…

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This note constructs a local generalized finite element basis for elliptic problems with heterogeneous and highly varying coefficients. The basis functions are solutions of local problems on vertex patches. The error of the corresponding…

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We propose continuum percolation theory to study homogenization problems of elliptic equations.Our aim is to improve and extend similar results that have been obtained for periodic domains using modeling for non-periodic domains with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-09-19 Dimitris Kontogiannis

This paper rediscovers a classical homogenization result for a prototypical linear elliptic boundary value problem with periodically oscillating diffusion coefficient. Unlike classical analytical approaches such as asymptotic analysis,…

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