Mathematics of Computation

Analysis of the heterogeneous multiscale method for parabolic homogenization problems

Author(s): Pingbing Ming; Pingwen Zhang.
Journal: Math. Comp. 76 (2007), 153-177.
MSC (2000): Primary 65N30, 35K05, 65N15
Posted: October 10, 2006
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Abstract: The heterogeneous multiscale method (HMM) is applied to various parabolic problems with multiscale coefficients. These problems can be either linear or nonlinear. Optimal estimates are proved for the error between the HMM solution and the homogenized solution.

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Pingbing Ming
Affiliation: LSEC, Institute of Computational Mathematics and Scientific/Engineering Computing, AMSS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 55 Zhong-Guan-Cun East Road, Beijing, 100080, People's Republic of China
Email: mpb@lsec.cc.ac.cn

Pingwen Zhang
Affiliation: LMAM and School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, People's Republic of China
Email: pzhang@pku.edu.cn

DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-06-01909-0
PII: S 0025-5718(06)01909-0
Keywords: Heterogeneous multiscale method, parabolic homogenization problems, finite element methods
Received by editor(s): June 3, 2003
Received by editor(s) in revised form: December 6, 2005
Posted: October 10, 2006
Additional Notes: The first author was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under the grant 10571172 and also supported by the National Basic Research Program under the grant 2005CB321704.
The second author was partially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars 10225103 and also supported by the National Basic Research Program under the grant 2005CB321704.
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