Homogenization of the Cauchy problem for Hamilton-Jacobi equations

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The general problem of homogenization of the first order problem \(u_t+H(x,t,x/\varepsilon, t/\varepsilon,Du)=0\) with \(u(x,0)=u_0(x,x/\varepsilon)\) is studied. It is assumed that \(H(x,t,y,s,p)\) is periodic in \((y,s)\). The associated cell problem looks for a pair \((\lambda,v)\), \(\lambda\) a scalar, so that \(\lambda=v_s(s,y)+H(x',t',s,y,p'+Dv(s,y))\). It is proved that there is a unique \(\lambda\) so that the cell problem has a periodic viscosity subsolution and supersolution. One then defines the hamiltonian by \(\overline{H}(x',t',p') \equiv \lambda\). The main result of this paper is that the solution \(u^\varepsilon\) converges uniformly to a function \(u\) on \(R^n \times [\delta, T],\) for all \(0<\delta \leq T\), and \(u\) satisfies \(u_t+\overline{H}(x,t,Du)=0\), \(u(x,0)=\min_\xi u_0(x,\xi)\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0905.00042].




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