A two scale \(\Gamma \)-convergence approach for random non-convex homogenization (Q1688755): Difference between revisions

This paper deals with a two scale \(\Gamma\)-convergence approach for random non-convex homogenization. The homogenization problem can be formulated as the question of determining the \(\Gamma\)-limit, as \(\varepsilon\to0\), of the functional \(F_{\varepsilon}(v,G)=-\!\!\!\!\!\!\int_{G}{\mathcal L}(x/\varepsilon,\nabla v(x))dx\), where \({\mathcal L}\) is a random Lagrangian. The main result of the paper is following: the authors extend the lower-bound of \textit{G. Dal Maso} and \textit{L. Modica} [Ann. Mat. Pura Appl. (4) 144, 347--389 (1986; Zbl 0607.49010)] to non-convex local Lagrangians, whose coefficients may oscillate randomly. This lower bound is computed as follows: first it is computed the \(\Gamma\)-limit of the local Lagrangian and then the desired lower bound is expressed in terms of a cell problem in the entire space for this \(\Gamma\)-limit. As an application the authors recover the theory of Dal Maso-Modica for random convex homogenization using proposed abstract approach. Then it is shown how proposed method allows to stochastically homogenize a variational problem introduced and studied by \textit{G. Alberti} and \textit{S. Müller} [Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 54, No. 7, 761--825 (2001; Zbl 1021.49012)].