The General Theory of Homogenization A Personalized Introduction /

• Main Author: Tartar, Luc (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Lecture Notes of the Unione Matematica Italiana, 7
• Subjects: Physics.; Partial differential equations.; Mechanics.; Fluid mechanics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Partial Differential Equations.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

 Homogenization is not about periodicity, or Gamma-convergence, but about understanding which effective equations to use at macroscopic level, knowing which partial differential equations govern mesoscopic levels, without using probabilities (which destroy physical reality); instead, one uses various topologies of weak type, the G-convergence of Sergio Spagnolo, the H-convergence of François Murat and the author, and some responsible for the appearance of nonlocal effects, which many theories in continuum mechanics or physics guessed wrongly. For a better understanding of 20th century science, new mathematical tools must be introduced, like the author’s H-measures, variants by Patrick Gérard, and others yet to be discovered. 

 Why Do I Write? -- A Personalized Overview of Homogenization I -- A Personalized Overview of Homogenization II -- An Academic Question of Jacques-Louis Lions -- A Useful Generalization by Fran#x00E7;ois Murat -- Homogenization of an Elliptic Equation -- The Div#x2013;Curl Lemma -- Physical Implications of Homogenization -- A Framework with Differential Forms -- Properties of H-Convergence -- Homogenization of Monotone Operators -- Homogenization of Laminated Materials -- Correctors in Linear Homogenization -- Correctors in Nonlinear Homogenization -- Holes with Dirichlet Conditions -- Holes with Neumann Conditions -- Compensated Compactness -- A Lemma for Studying Boundary Layers -- A Model in Hydrodynamics -- Problems in Dimension = 2 -- Bounds on Effective Coefficients -- Functions Attached to Geometries -- Memory Effects -- Other Nonlocal Effects -- The Hashin#x2013;Shtrikman Construction -- Confocal Ellipsoids and Spheres -- Laminations Again, and Again -- Wave Front Sets, H-Measures -- Small-Amplitude Homogenization -- H-Measures and Bounds on Effective Coefficients -- H-Measures and Propagation Effects -- Variants of H-Measures -- Relations Between Young Measures and H-Measures -- Conclusion -- Biographical Information -- Abbreviations and Mathematical Notation.