Approximate Correctors and Convergence Rates in Almost-Periodic Homogenization

Zhongwei Shen, Jinping Zhuge

Published 2016-03-10Version 1

This paper is concerned with quantitative homogenization of second-order elliptic systems with bounded measurable coefficients that are almost-periodic in the sense of H. Weyl. We obtain uniform local $L^2$ estimates for the approximate correctors in terms of a function that quantifies the almost-periodicity of the coefficient matrix. We give a condition that implies the existence of (true) correctors. These estimates as well as similar estimates for the dual approximate correctors yield optimal or near optimal convergence rates in $H^1$ and $L^2$. The $L^2$-based H\"older and Lipschitz estimates at large scale are also established.