11-126 Timothy Blass, Rafael de la Llave

Perturbation and Numerical Methods for Computing the Minimal Average Energy (446K, pdf) Sep 2, 11

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Abstract. We investigate the differentiability of minimal average energy associated to the functionals $S_\ep (u) = \int_{\mathbb{R}^d} rac{1}{2}| abla u|^2 + \ep V(x,u)\, dx$, using numerical and perturbative methods. We use the Sobolev gradient descent method as a numerical tool to compute solutions of the Euler-Lagrange equations with some periodicity conditions; this is the cell problem in homogenization. We use these solutions to determine the average minimal energy as a function of the slope. We also obtain a representation of the solutions to the Euler-Lagrange equations as a Lindstedt series in the perturbation parameter $\ep$, and use this to confirm our numerical results. Additionally, we prove convergence of the Lindstedt series.

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