### On the Homogenization of Oscillatory Solutions to Nonlinear Convection-Diffusion Equations

Eitan Tadmor and Tamir Tassa

Abstract: We study the behavior of oscillatory solutions to convection-diffusion problems, subject to initial and forcing data with modulated oscillations. We {\it quantify} the weak convergence in $W^{-1,\infty}$ to the 'expected' averages and obtain a sharp $W^{-1,\infty}$-convergence rate of order ${\cal O}(\ep)$ -- the small scale of the modulated oscillations. Moreover, in case the solution operator of the equation is compact, this weak convergence is translated into a strong one. Examples include nonlinear conservation laws, equations with nonlinear degenerate diffusion, etc. In this context, we show how the regularizing effect built-in such compact cases smoothes out initial oscillations and, in particular, outpaces the persisting generation of oscillations due to the source term. This yields a precise description of the weakly convergent initial layer which filters out the initial oscillations and enables the strong convergence in later times.

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Title:
On the homogenization of oscillatory solutions to nonlinear convection-diffusion equations
Author(s):
Eitan Tadmor, <tadmor@math.ucla.edu>
Tamir Tassa, <tamir@arx.com>
Publishing information:
Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Applications 7 (1997) 93-117
Comments:
Submitted by:
<tadmor@math.ucla.edu> April 7 1998.

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