\(\Sigma \)-convergence (Q610039)

The usual approach to the weak convergence of a product of functions is to require one of the sequences to converge strongly. For example, if \(u_n \to u\) in \(L^p(\Omega)\), \(v_n \rightharpoonup v\) in \(L^{p^{\prime}}(\Omega)\), then \(u_n v_n \rightharpoonup uv\) in \(L^1(\Omega)\), where \(\rightharpoonup\) means weak convergence. The authors generalize this by considering weak \(\Sigma\)-convergence, \(\Sigma\)-convergence, homogenization algebras and the Gelfand transform. The details are rather technical (see the paper). It is a generalization of the two scale convergence of [\textit{G. Nguetseng}, SIAM J. Math. Anal. 20, No. 3, 608--623 (1989; Zbl 0688.35007)] to the non-periodic setting, using et al the Gelfand transform. The authors illustrate the techniques by applying the ideas to a few homogenization problems.