A convergence result for the periodic unfolding method related to fast diffusion on manifolds
Isabell Graf, Malte A. Peter · Comptes Rendus Mathématique · 2014
Based on the periodic unfolding method in periodic homogenization, we deduce a convergence result for gradients of functions defined on connected, smooth, and periodic manifolds. Under the assumption of certain a-priori estimates of the gradient, which are typical for fast diffusion, the sum of a term involving a gradient with respect to the slow variable and one with respect to the fast variable is obtained in the homogenization limit. In addition, we show in a brief example how to apply this result and find for a reaction–diffusion equation defined on a periodic manifold that the homogenized equation contains a term describing macroscopic diffusion.