Homogenization of the higher-order Schrödinger-type equations with periodic coefficients (Q2055127)

Summary: In \(L_2(\mathbb{R}^d;\mathbb{C}^n)\), we consider a matrix strongly elliptic differential operator \(A_\varepsilon\) of order \(2p,p\geqslant 2\). The operator \(A_\varepsilon\) is given by \(A_\varepsilon=b(\mathbf{D})^*g(\frac{\mathbf{x}}{\varepsilon})b(\mathbf{D}),\varepsilon >0\), where \(g(\mathbf{x})\) is a periodic, bounded, and positive definite matrix-valued function, and \(b(\mathbf{D})\) is a homogeneous differential operator of order \(p\). We prove that, for fixed \(\tau\in\mathbb{R}\) and \(\varepsilon\to 0\), the operator exponential \(e^{-i\tau A_\varepsilon}\) converges to \(e^{-i\tau A^0}\) in the norm of operators acting from the Sobolev space \(H^s(\mathbb{R}^d;\mathbb{C}^n)\) (with a suitable \(s)\) into \(L_2(\mathbb{R}^d;\mathbb{C}^n)\). Here \(A^0\) is the effective operator. Sharp-order error estimate is obtained. The results are applied to homogenization of the Cauchy problem for the Schrödinger-type equation \(i\partial_\tau\mathbf{u}_\varepsilon=A_\varepsilon\mathbf{u}_\varepsilon+\mathbf{F},\mathbf{u}_\varepsilon\vert_{\tau=0}=\boldsymbol{\phi}\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 1465.35005].