A Regularity Theory for Random Elliptic Operators

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Contributors

  • Antoine Gloria - , Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) (Author)
  • Stefan Neukamm - , Faculty of Mathematics (Author)
  • Felix Otto - , Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (Author)

Abstract

Since the seminal results by Avellaneda & Lin it is known that elliptic operators with periodic coefficients enjoy the same regularity theory as the Laplacian on large scales. In a recent inspiring work, Armstrong & Smart proved large-scale Lipschitz estimates for such operators with random coefficients satisfying a finite-range of dependence assumption. In the present contribution, we extend the intrinsic large-scale regularity of Avellaneda & Lin (namely, intrinsic large-scale Schauder and Calderon-Zygmund estimates) to elliptic systems with random coefficients. The scale at which this improved regularity kicks in is characterized by a stationary field r(*) which we call the minimal radius. This regularity theory is qualitative in the sense that r(*) is almost surely finite (which yields a new Liouville theorem) under mere ergodicity, and it is quantifiable in the sense thatr(*) has high stochastic integrability provided the coefficients satisfy quantitative mixing assumptions. We illustrate this by establishing optimal moment bounds on r(*) for a class of coefficient fields satisfying a multiscale functional inequality, and in particular for Gaussian-type coefficient fields with arbitrary slow-decaying correlations.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)99-170
Number of pages72
JournalMilan journal of mathematics
Volume88
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

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Scopus 85082940626

Keywords

Keywords

  • Quantitative stochastic homogenization, large scale regularity, QUENCHED INVARIANCE-PRINCIPLES, RANDOM CONDUCTANCE MODEL, STOCHASTIC HOMOGENIZATION, LIOUVILLE THEOREM, CORRECTOR, SYSTEMS, EQUATIONS, BOUNDS

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