On the homogenization of degenerate parabolic equations

1. Introduction and Main ResultsLet T > 0 and fi C R" be an open bounded domain with Lipschitz boundary. Suppesthat r C on is measurable whose Hausdorff measure H"--'(r) > 0. The outward normito fi is denoted by u = (ul,' ) W). Consider the mixed boundary value problem of thfollowing degenerate parabolic equations of second order:For each s > 0, problem (I.) may be used to describe nonsteady filtration (see [1] and the references therein). The existence, uniquenss and regularity result…     

Individual homogenization of nonlinear parabolic operators

In this article, we prove an individual homogenization result for a class of almost periodic nonlinear parabolic operators. The spatial and temporal heterogeneities are almost periodic functions in the sense of Besicovitch. The latter allows discontinuities and is suitable for many applications. First, we derive stability and comparison estimates for sequences of G-convergent nonlinear parabolic operators. Furthermore, using these estimates, the individual homogenization result is shown.     

Multiscale convergence and reiterated homogenization of parabolic problems

Reiterated homogenization is studied for divergence structure parabolic problems of the form u /t–div (a(x,x/,x/²,t,t/ ^k)u )=f. It is shown that under standard assumptions on the function a(x, y ₁,y ₂,t,) the sequence {u } of solutions converges weakly in L ² (0,T; H ₀ ¹ ()) to the solution u of the homogenized problem u/t– div(b(x,t)u)=f.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected missing date string.     

Analysis of the heterogeneous multiscale method for parabolic homogenization problems

The heterogeneous multiscale method (HMM) is applied to various parabolic problems with multiscale coefficients. These problems can be either linear or nonlinear. Optimal estimates are proved for the error between the HMM solution and the homogenized solution.

     

On homogenization of periodic parabolic systems

We study homogenization in the small period limit for a periodic parabolic Cauchy problem in ^d and prove that the solutions converge in L ₂(^d) to the solution of the homogenized problem for each t > 0. For the L₂(^d)-norm of the difference, we obtain an order-sharp estimate uniform with respect to the L ₂(^d)-norm of the initial value.Translated from Funktsionalnyi Analiz i Ego Prilozheniya, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 86–90, 2004Original Russian Text Copyright © by T. A. SuslinaSupported by RFBR grant No. 02-01-00798.     

Asymptotic behaviour of non-linear parabolic equations with monotone principal part

We consider non-linear parabolic equations with subdifferential principal part and give conditions under which they posses global attractors in spite of considering non-Lipschitz perturbations. The case of globally Lipschitz perturbations of a maximal monotone operator has been addressed in Boll. Un. Mat. Ital. B (8) 2 (2000) 693–706. In the case of perturbations which are not globally Lipschitz, the main difficulty is the lack of uniqueness of solutions which at first does not even allow us to define attractors. We overcome this difficulty for problems enjoying certain regularity and absorption properties that allow uniqueness of solutions after some time has been elapsed. The results developed here are applied to the case when the subdifferential operator is the p-Laplacian to obtain existence of attractors and the existence of periodic solutions.     

Complete quenching for singular parabolic problems

We prove finite time extinction of the solution of the equation ut−Δu+χ{u>0}(u−β−λf(u))=0 in Ω×(0,∞) with boundary data u(x,t)=0 on ∂Ω×(0,∞) and initial condition u(x,0)=u₀(x) in Ω, where Ω⊂RN is a bounded smooth domain, 0<β<1 and λ>0 is a parameter. For every small enough λ>0 there exists a time t₀>0 such that the solution is identically equal to zero.     

Error estimates for finite element approximations of nonlinear monotone elliptic problems with application to numerical homogenization

We consider a finite element method (FEM) with arbitrary polynomial degree for nonlinear monotone elliptic problems. Using a linear elliptic projection, we first give a new short proof of the optimal convergence rate of the FEM in the L² norm. We then derive optimal a priori error estimates in the H¹ and L² norm for a FEM with variational crimes due to numerical integration. As an application, we derive a priori error estimates for a numerical homogenization method applied to nonlinear monotone elliptic problems. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 32: 955–969, 2016     

A refined convergence result in homogenization of second order parabolic systems

We derive the sharp $O(\epsilon )$ convergence rate in $L^2(0,T;L^{q_0}(\mathrm{\Omega })),q_0=2d/(d?1)$ in periodic homogenization of second order parabolic systems with bounded measurable coefficients in Lipschitz cylinders. This extends the corresponding result for elliptic systems established in [20] to parabolic systems and improves the corresponding result in $L^2$ settings derived in [7], [28] for second order parabolic systems with time-dependent coefficients.     

Stochastic homogenization of a class of monotone eigenvalue problems

Stochastic homogenization (with multiple fine scales) is studied for a class of nonlinear monotone eigenvalue problems. More specifically, we are interested in the asymptotic behaviour of a sequence of realizations of the form

Slowly oscillating solutions of parabolic inverse problems

We first extend slowly oscillating functions to a more general setting and investigate their properties. Then we show the existence and uniqueness of slowly oscillating solutions of parabolic equations and parabolic inverse problems.     

Numerical algorithm for parabolic problems with non-classical conditions

The parabolic problems with non-classical conditions are discussed in a reproducing kernel space in this paper. A reproducing kernel space is constructed, in which the non-classical conditions of the parabolic problems are satisfied. Based on the reproducing kernel space, a new technique for solving the non-classical parabolic problems is presented. Some examples are displayed to demonstrate the validity and applicability of the proposed method.     

Homogenization of monotone parabolic problems with several temporal scales

In this paper we homogenize monotone parabolic problems with two spatial scales and any number of temporal scales. Under the assumption that the spatial and temporal scales are well-separated in the sense explained in the paper, we show that there is an H-limit defined by at most four distinct sets of local problems corresponding to slow temporal oscillations, slow resonant spatial and temporal oscillations (the ??slow?? self-similar case), rapid temporal oscillations, and rapid resonant spatial and temporal oscillations (the ??rapid?? self-similar case), respectively.     

Analysis of the heterogeneous multiscale method for elliptic homogenization problems

A comprehensive analysis is presented for the heterogeneous multiscale method (HMM for short) applied to various elliptic homogenization problems. These problems can be either linear or nonlinear, with deterministic or random coefficients. In most cases considered, optimal estimates are proved for the error between the HMM solutions and the homogenized solutions. Strategies for retrieving the microstructural information from the HMM solutions are discussed and analyzed.

     

Coons-patch macroelements in two-dimensional parabolic problems

Having recently obtained encouraging results in elliptic and hyperbolic problems, this paper summarizes previous work and further investigates the performance of large isoparametric finite elements based on the Coons–Gordon interpolation formula in the analysis of two-dimensional parabolic potential problems. The latter formula allows the global interpolation of the potential within the whole problem domain and leads to the so-called Coons-patch-macroelements (CPM), where the degrees of freedom appear primarily at the element boundaries but in the general case it is also possible to use any desirable number of internal nodes. Mathematical and numerical aspects such as the relationship between boundary-only Coons-patch macroelements and Serendipity type elements, the systematic and straightforward way of adding internal nodes, the procedure of merging dissimilar domains and, finally, efficient numerical integration schemes are discussed. Numerical results on typical static (Laplace) and time-dependent thermal problems sustain the proposed method, which is successfully compared with conventional bilinear finite elements and exact analytical solutions.     

Inverse coefficient problems for nonlinear parabolic differential equations

This paper is devoted to a class of inverse problems for a nonlinear parabolic differential equation. The unknown coefficient of the equation depends on the gradient of the solution and belongs to a set of admissible coefficients. It is proved that the convergence of solutions for the corresponding direct problems continuously depends on the coefficient convergence. Based on this result the existence of a quasisolution of the inverse problem is obtained in the appropriate class of admissible coefficients.     

The blow-up rate for semilinear parabolic problems on general domains

We derive results on blow-up rates for parabolic equations and systems from Fujita-type theorems. We complement a previous study by allowing (possibly unbounded) domains with boundary. Received May 2000