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First-order corrections to the homogenised eigenvalues of a periodic composite medium. A convergence proof

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Shari Moskow  and
Michael Vogelius
Shari Moskow
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, U.S.A.
Michael Vogelius
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, U.S.A.
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Let λε be a Dirichlet eigenvalue of the ‘periodically, rapidly oscillating’ elliptic operator –∇·(a(x/ε)∇) and let ∇ be a corresponding (simple) eigenvalue of the homogenised operator –∇·(A∇). We characterise the possible limit points of the ratio (λε–λ)/ε as ε→0. Our characterisation is quite explicit when the underlying domain is a (planar) convex, classical polygon with sides of rational or infinite slopes. In particular, in this case it implies that there is often a continuum of such limit points.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 127 , Issue 6 , 1997 , pp. 1263 - 1299
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1997

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