A strange term in the homogenization of parabolic equations with two spatial and two temporal scales (Q416336)

Summary: We study the homogenization of a parabolic equation with oscillations in both space and time in the coefficient \(a(x/\varepsilon, t/\varepsilon^2)\) in the elliptic part and spatial oscillations in the coefficient \(\rho(x/\varepsilon)\) that is multiplied with the time derivative \(\partial_t u^\varepsilon\). We obtain a strange term in the local problem. This phenomenon appears as a consequence of the combination of the spatial oscillation in \(\rho(x/\varepsilon)\) and the temporal oscillation in \(a(x/\varepsilon, t/\varepsilon^2)\) and disappears if either of these oscillations is removed.