Higher order convergence rates in theory of homogenization: equations of non-divergence form

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Abstract: We establish higher order convergence rates in the theory of periodic homogenization of both linear and fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations of non-divergence form. The rates are achieved by involving higher order correctors which fix the errors occurring both in the interior and on the boundary layer of our physical domain. The proof is based on a viscosity method and a new regularity theory which captures the stability of the correctors with respect to the shape of our limit profile.


In the paper under review, the authors provide higher order convergence rates in periodic homogenization theory for both linear and nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations of non-divergence form. For \(\epsilon>0\), let \(u^\epsilon\) be the solution of the \(\epsilon\)-dependent problem \[ a_{ij}(x/\epsilon)D_{ij}u^{\epsilon} =f \quad \text{in }\Omega, \qquad u^\epsilon=g \quad \text{on }\partial \Omega, \] where the matrix \(A(\cdot)=(a_{ij}(\cdot))_{1\leq i, j\leq n}\) satisfies periodicity, uniform ellipticity and regularity assumptions. As is well known, the solutions \(u^\epsilon\) converge as \(\epsilon \to 0\) to the solution \(u\) of the homogenized limit problem \[ \overline{a}_{ij}D_{ij}u =f \quad \text{in }\Omega, \qquad u^\epsilon=g \quad \text{on }\partial \Omega, \] for a suitable matrix \(\overline{A}=(\overline{a}_{ij})_{1\leq i,j\leq n}\). The authors give a quantitative analysis on the rate of convergence of \(u^\epsilon\) to \(u\) and provide a rigorous justification of an expansion of the type \[ u^\epsilon(x)=u(x)+\epsilon(w_1^\epsilon(x)+z_1^\epsilon(x))+\dots+ \epsilon^m (w_m^\epsilon(x)+z_m^\epsilon(x))+O(\epsilon^{m-1}). \] Analogous results are shown for the convergence of the solutions \(u^\epsilon\) of suitable nonlinear problems \[ F(D^2u^\epsilon,x,x/\epsilon) =0 \quad \text{in }\Omega,\qquad u^\epsilon=g \quad \text{on }\partial \Omega, \] to the solution \(u\) of the nonlinear limit equation \[ \overline{F}(D^2u,x) =0 \quad \text{in }\Omega,\qquad u=g \quad \text{on }\partial \Omega. \]



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