An operator-asymptotic approach to periodic homogenization applied to equations of linearized elasticity

Yi-Sheng Lim, Josip Žubrinić

Published 2023-08-01Version 1

We explain an operator-asymptotic approach to homogenization for periodic composite media. This approach was developed by Cherednichenko and Vel\v{c}i\'c in [Cherednichenko and Vel\v{c}i\'c (2022) Sharp operator-norm asymptotics for thin elastic plates with rapidly oscillating periodic properties. J. London Math. Soc.] in the context of thin elastic plates, and here we demonstrate the approach under the simpler setting of equations of linearized elasticity. As a consequence, we obtain $L^2\to L^2$, $L^2\to H^1$, and higher order $L^2\to L^2$ norm-resolvent estimates. The correctors for the $L^2\to H^1$, and higher order $L^2\to L^2$ results are constructed from boundary value problems that arise during the asymptotic procedure, and the first-order corrector is shown to coincide with classical formulae.