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Quantitative homogenization of first-order ODEs

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2025-08-26 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

This paper investigates the quantitative homogenization of first-order ODEs. For single-scale scalar ODEs, we obtain a sharp O(ε)O(\varepsilon) convergence rate and characterize the effective constant. In the multi-scale setting, our results match those of \cite{IM} for long times but improve the short-time error to O(ε)O(\varepsilon). We also initiate the study of quasi-periodic homogenization in this context. The scalar framework is further extended to higher dimensions under a boundedness assumption on trajectories. For weakly coupled systems with fast switching rates, we obtain for the first time a convergence rate of order O(ε)O(\varepsilon). These results have applications to linear transport equations and broader connections to PDEs and gradient systems.

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@article{arxiv.2508.17628,
  title  = {Quantitative homogenization of first-order ODEs},
  author = {Panrui Ni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.17628},
  year   = {2025}
}

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29 pages

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