The periodic unfolding method for perforated domains and Neumann sieve models (Q2481498)

The periodic unfolding method, as a simpler alternative to the two-stage convergence, has been developed to study the limit behavior of periodic problems depending on a small parameter. It turns out that the same philosophy applies to a range of periodic problems with small parameters and with a specific period. The method is flexible enough to apply as well to almost any combinations of the preceding cases. One example is the so-called Neumann sieve. The authors present these extensions and show how they apply to known results. The case of the Neumann sieve is treated in detail. This approach is significantly simpler than the original ones, both in spirit and in practice.