Wavelet based numerical homogenization (Q1126846)

The author presents a method of numerical homogenization, which is based on a wavelet approach. In analytical homogenization, a differential equation is replaced by the approximate equation with fewer scales, and the waves related to the shortest wavelength are eliminated. The author starts from an approximation to the differential equation which includes all the scales. The solution is represented in a wavelet basis. The homogenized discrete operator corresponds to an approximative projection onto the coarser scales. It is shown that the new operator has many important properties from the original operator, e.g. sparseness. The author presents some numerical experiments and comparisons with the analytical homogenization.