Low Frequency Asymptotic Analysis of a String with Rapidly Oscillating Density

DOI10.1137/S0036139997330635zbMath0967.34074MaRDI QIDQ4507235

Carlos Castro, Enrique Zuazua

Publication date: 18 October 2000

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

homogenization; WKB approximation; periodic coefficients; spectral analysis; vibration problems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

34L20: Asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues, asymptotic theory of eigenfunctions for ordinary differential operators

34B05: Linear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations

34B10: Nonlocal and multipoint boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations

74K05: Strings

34L15: Eigenvalues, estimation of eigenvalues, upper and lower bounds of ordinary differential operators

34M60: Singular perturbation problems for ordinary differential equations in the complex domain (complex WKB, turning points, steepest descent)