On the approximation of electromagnetic fields by edge finite elements. II: A heterogeneous multiscale method for Maxwell's equations (Q2403724)

This paper deals with the study of several phenomena related to highly oscillatory media. The main purpose is to approximate the macroscopic behavior of the electric field in order to obtain a reliable approximation of it using standard edge finite elements. The authors follow the heterogeneous multiscale method to propose a novel numerical homogenization scheme for Maxwell's equations. The edge finite elements method is applied for the macro solver and an abstract a priori error bound is proved. In the final part of this paper it is shown how to apply the general method and the error bounds to concrete settings. Numerical experiments illustrate the abstract results. For Part I see [The first author, ``On the approximation of electromagnetic fields by edge finite elements. I: Sharp interpolation results for low-regularity fields'', ibid. 71, No. 1, 85--104 (2016)].