Doubling inequalities and nodal sets in periodic elliptic homogenization
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Abstract
We prove explicit doubling inequalities and obtain uniform upper bounds (under (Formula presented.) -dimensional Hausdorff measure) of nodal sets of weak solutions for a family of linear elliptic equations with rapidly oscillating periodic coefficients. The doubling inequalities, explicitly depending on the doubling index, are proved at different scales by a combination of convergence rates, a three-ball inequality from certain “analyticity,” and a monotonicity formula of a frequency function. The upper bounds of nodal sets are shown by using the doubling inequalities, approximations by harmonic functions and an iteration argument.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Communications in Partial Differential Equations
First Page
549
Last Page
584
Recommended Citation
Kenig, C., Zhu, J., & Zhuge, J. (2022). Doubling inequalities and nodal sets in periodic elliptic homogenization. Communications in Partial Differential Equations, 47 (3), 549-584. https://doi.org/10.1080/03605302.2021.1989699