Homogenization of a parabolic Dirichlet problem by a method of Dahlberg

Abstract

Consider the linear parabolic operator in divergence form $$ \mathcal{H} u :=\partial_t u(X,t)-\operatorname{div}(A(X)\nabla u(X,t)). $$ We employ a method of Dahlberg to show that the Dirichlet problem for $\mathcal{H}$ in the upper half plane is well-posed for boundary data in $L^p$, for any elliptic matrix of coefficients $A$ which is periodic and satisfies a Dini-type condition. This result allows us to treat a homogenization problem for the equation $\partial_t u_\varepsilon(X,t)-\operatorname{div}(A(X/\varepsilon)\nabla u_\varepsilon(X,t))$ in Lipschitz domains with $L^p$-boundary data.