Homogenization of Differential Operators and Integral Functionals

Representation.- Comments.- 7 Homogenization of Elliptic Operators with Random Coefficients.- 7.1 Probabilistic Description of Non-Homogeneous Media.- 7.2 Homogenization.- 7.3 Explicit Formulas in Two-Dimensional Problems.- 7.4 Homogenization of Almost-Periodic Operators.- 7.5 The General Theorem of Individual Homogenization.- Comments.- 8 Homogenization in Perforated Random Domains.- 8.1 Homogenization.- 8.2 Remarks on Positive Definiteness of the Homogenized Matrix.- 8.3 Central Limit Theorem.- 8.4 Disperse Media.- 8.5 Criterion of Pointwise Stabilization; A Refinement of the Central Limit Theorem.- 8.6 Stiff Problem for a Random Spherical Structure.- 8.7 Random Spherical Structure with Small Concentration.- Comments.- 9 Homogenization and Percolation.- 9.1 Existence of the Effective Conductivity.- 9.2 Random Structure of Chess-Board Type.- 9.3 The Method of Percolation Channels.- 9.4 Conductivity Threshold for a Random Cubic Structure in ?3.- 9.5 Resistance Threshold for a Random Cubic Structure in ?3.- 9.6 Central Limit Theorem for Random Motion in an Infinite Two-Dimensional Cluster.- Comments.- 10 Some Asymptotic Problems for a Non-Divergent Parabolic Equation with Random Stationary Coefficients.- 10.1 Preliminary Remarks.- 10.2 Auxiliary Equation A*p = 0 on a Probability Space.- 10.3 Homogenization and the Central Limit Theorem.- 10.4 Criterion of Pointwise Stabilization.- Comments.- 11 Spectral Problems in Homogenization Theory.- 11.1 Spectral Properties of Abstract Operators Forming a Sequence.- 11.2 On the Spectrum of G-Convergent Operators.- 11.3 The Sturm-Liouville Problem.- 11.4 Spectral Properties of Stratified Media.- 11.5 Density of States for Random Elliptic Operators.- 11.6 Asymptotics of the Density of States.- Comments.- 12 Homogenization in Linear Elasticity.- 12.1 Some General Facts from the Theory of Elasticity.- 12.2 G-Convergence of Elasticity Tensors.- 12.3 Homogenization of Periodic and Random Tensors.- 12.4 Fourth Order Operators.- 12.5 Linear Problems of Incompressible Elasticity.- 12.6 Explicit Formulas for Two-Dimensional Incompressible Composites.- 12.7 Some Questions of Analysis on a Probability Space.- 13 Estimates for the Homogenized Elasticity Tensor.- 13.1 Basic Estimates.- 13.2 The Variational Method.- 13.3 Two-Phase Media; Attainability of Bounds on Stratified Composites.- 13.4 On the Hashin Structure.- 13.5 Disperse Media with Inclusions of Small Concentration.- 13.6 Fourth Order Operators; Systems of Stokes Type.- Comments.- 14 Elements of the Duality Theory.- 14.1 Convex Functions.- 14.2 Integral Functionals.- 14.3 On Two Types of Boundary Value Problems.- 14.4 Dual Boundary Value Problems.- 14.5 Extremal Relations.- 14.6 Examples of Regular Lagrangians.- Comments.- 15 Homogenization of Nonlinear Variational Problems.- 15.1 Random Lagrangians.- 15.2 Two Principal Lemmas.- 15.3 Homogenization Theorems.- 15.4 Applications to Boundary Value Problems in Perforated Domains.- 15.5 Chess Lagrangians; Dychne's Formula.- Comments.- 16 Passing to the Limit in Nonlinear Variational Problems.- 16.1 Definition of ?-Convergence of Lagrangians; Formulation of the Compactness Theorems.- 16.2 Convergence of Energies and Minimizers.- 16.3 Proof of the Compactness Theorems.- 16.4 Two Examples: Ulam's Problem; Homogenization Problem.- 16.5 Compactness of Lagrangians in Plasticity Problems; Application to Ll-Closedness.- 16.6 Remarks on Non-Convex Functionals.- Comments.- 17 Basic Properties of Abstract ?-Convergence.- 17.1 ?-Convergence of Functions on a Metric Space.- 17.2 ?-Convergence of Functions Defined in a Banach Space.- 17.3 ?-Convergence of Integral Functionals.- Comments.- 18 Limit Load.- 18.1 The Notion of Limit Load.- 18.2 Dual Definition of Limit Load.- 18.3 Equivalence Principle.- 18.4 Convergence of Limit Loads in Homogenization Problems.- 18.5 Surface Loads.- 18.6 Representation of the Functional$$\bar F$$on BV0.- 18.7 ?-Convergence in BV0.- Comments.- Appendix A. Proof of the Nash-Aronson Estimate.- Appendix C. A Property of Bounded Lipschitz Domains.- References.