Stochastic homogenization of degenerate integral functionals and their Euler-Lagrange equations

DOI10.5802/JEP.218arXiv2109.13013MaRDI QIDQ6378680FDOQ6378680

Authors: Matthias Ruf, Thomas Ruf 

Publication date: 27 September 2021

Abstract: We prove stochastic homogenization for integral functionals defined on Sobolev spaces, where the stationary, ergodic integrand satisfies a degenerate growth condition of the form �egin{equation*} c|xi A(omega,x)|^pleq f(omega,x,xi)leq |xi A(omega,x)|^p+Lambda(omega,x) end{equation*} for some $pin(1,+infty)$ and with a stationary and ergodic diagonal matrix $A$ such that its norm and the norm of its inverse satisfy minimal integrability assumptions. We also consider the convergence when Dirichlet boundary conditions or an obstacle condition are imposed. Assuming the strict convexity and differentiability of $f$ with respect to its last variable, we further prove that the homogenized integrand is also strictly convex and differentiable. These properties allow us to show homogenization of the associated Euler-Lagrange equations.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stationary stochastic processes (60G10) A priori estimates in context of PDEs (35B45) Homogenization in context of PDEs; PDEs in media with periodic structure (35B27) Degenerate elliptic equations (35J70) PDEs with randomness, stochastic partial differential equations (35R60) Processes in random environments (60K37)

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