Multiresolution homogenization schemes for differential equations and applications (Q2709030)

In her doctoral dissertation, the author presents two multiresolution reduction methods for nonlinear differential equations: a numerical procedure and an analytic method consisting in a series expansion of the recurrence relations. A third reduction method, which is a hybrid of the above two methods is also presented. The convergence of the analytic method is discussed and the multiresolution analysis (MRA) methods are applied to find and characterize the averages of the steady-states of a model reaction-diffusion problem. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIn Section 2, the MRA methods for linear differential equations are compared to the classical homogenization methods for one-dimensional elliptic equations. The MRA method is applicable to problems which have a continuum of scales. For two-scale problems, the MRA results agree with the results of the classical theory in one dimension. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINESection 2 appeared in the author's paper [Appl. Comput. Harmonic Anal. 5, No. 1, 1-35 (1998; Zbl 0896.35016)]. The reduction methods of Section 3 appeared in the paper of \textit{G. Beylkin, M. E. Brewster} and \textit{A. C. Gilbert} [Appl. Comput. Harmonic Anal. 5, No. 4, 450-486 (1998; Zbl 0916.65076)].NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 0955.43001].