Renormalization group and elliptic homogenization in high contrast

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author Armstrong, Scott
Kuusi, Tuomo
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Kuusi, Tuomo
contents We prove a quantitative estimate for the homogenization length scale in terms of the ellipticity ratio $Λ/λ$ of the coefficient field. This upper bound applies to high-contrast elliptic equations exhibiting near-critical behavior. Specifically, we show, assuming a suitable decay of correlations, the length scale at which homogenization occurs is at most $\exp(C \log^2(1+Λ/λ))$. The proof introduces the new concept of coarse-grained ellipticity, which measures the effective ellipticity ratio of the equation--and thus the strength of the disorder--after integrating out smaller scales. By a direct analytic argument, we derive an approximate differential inequality for this coarse-grained ellipticity as a function of the length scale. This approach may be viewed as a rigorous renormalization group argument and provides a quantitative framework for homogenization that can be iteratively applied across an arbitrary number of length scales.
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spellingShingle Renormalization group and elliptic homogenization in high contrast
Armstrong, Scott
Kuusi, Tuomo
Probability
Mathematical Physics
Analysis of PDEs
We prove a quantitative estimate for the homogenization length scale in terms of the ellipticity ratio $Λ/λ$ of the coefficient field. This upper bound applies to high-contrast elliptic equations exhibiting near-critical behavior. Specifically, we show, assuming a suitable decay of correlations, the length scale at which homogenization occurs is at most $\exp(C \log^2(1+Λ/λ))$. The proof introduces the new concept of coarse-grained ellipticity, which measures the effective ellipticity ratio of the equation--and thus the strength of the disorder--after integrating out smaller scales. By a direct analytic argument, we derive an approximate differential inequality for this coarse-grained ellipticity as a function of the length scale. This approach may be viewed as a rigorous renormalization group argument and provides a quantitative framework for homogenization that can be iteratively applied across an arbitrary number of length scales.
title Renormalization group and elliptic homogenization in high contrast
topic Probability
Mathematical Physics
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.10732