Interior regularity estimates in high conductivity homogenization and application (Q1944706)

\textit{G. Lerosey} et al. [``Focusing beyond the diffraction limit with far-field time reversal'', Science 315, 1120--1122 (2007; \url{doi:10.1126/science.1134824})] experimentally demonstrated that a micro-structure of a periodic lattice of highly conducting thin rods enhanced image resolutions. Motivated by their work, the authors of this paper theoretically investigate homogenization of the structure. Specifically, the authors study regularity estimates for the solutions of conductivity equations at a distance \(\epsilon^{1+\tau}\) away from the highly conducting periodic structure embedded in a medium of unit conductivity. They also use these estimates to characterize heterogeneities in the reinforced medium at a distance \(\epsilon^{1+\tau}\) away from the periodic conductors.