Conceptual

Global Higher-Order Asymptotic Expansions for Anisotropic Singularly Perturbed Elliptic Equations

For an anisotropic singularly perturbed elliptic equation -div(A_epsilon grad u_epsilon)=f, whose diffusion matrix scales derivatives differently across two coordinate blocks, one seeks an approximation of u_epsilon valid over the whole domain rather than only on interior subdomains. This concept develops the arbitrary-order expansion u_epsilon = sum_k epsilon^k u_k in anisotropic Sobolev spaces, proving L^2-gradient convergence rates of order epsilon^d under regularity of the data and the block coefficients, in the regime where the lateral boundary layer vanishes.