scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2143368

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The author considers the diffusion equation \[ \partial_t u=\operatorname{div} (A_\varepsilon(x,x_n)\nabla u)+ f(x,\frac{x}{\varepsilon^p},x_n) \] where \(x\in \omega\), \(x_n\in\, ]- \varepsilon/2,\varepsilon/2[\), \(\alpha,p>0\) and \(A_\varepsilon(x,x_n)=A_1(x,x/\varepsilon^p,x_n)\) for \(x/\varepsilon^p\in Y_1\), or \(A_\varepsilon(x,x_n)=\varepsilon^\alpha A_2(x,x/\varepsilon^p,x_n)\) for \(x/\varepsilon^p\in Y_2\). The matrices \(A_j\), \(j=1,2\), are symmetric, uniformly positive definite and periodic in the second argument, \(\omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n-1}\) is Lipschitz and \(f\) is an \(L^2\)-function. He considers Dirichlet conditions on \(\partial\omega\times \,]- \varepsilon/2,\varepsilon/2[\) and Neumann on the rest of the boundary plus an initial condition \(u_0\in L^2(\omega)\) independent of \(\varepsilon\). For all possible combinations of \(\alpha\) and \(p\) the author shows the existence of a limiting equation and derives it. He also indicates in which sense the solutions converge and states this explicitly for the most interesting case \(\alpha/2=p\).











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