High-contrast homogenization: Geometry.AspectRatioMonotone #
Imported from the Apache-2.0 HighContrastHomogenization development at commit
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Monotonicity of the reference aspect ratio #
The aspect ratio Π of e.reference.aspect.ratio is monotone for the quadratic
form order on symmetric positive definite doubled blocks: if A ≤ E then
Π(A) ≤ Π(E).
Both factors of Π = Λ_0 |σ_{*,0}^{-1}| are monotone, for different reasons.
The spectral bound of the lower-right block is monotone because the doubled
order restricts to the lower-right corner along the vectors (0, q).
The constant Λ_0 is monotone because of a slice identity: at a fixed h, the
skew-corrected form of e.reference.aspect.ratio is the doubled quadratic form
evaluated on the graph of h,
p · (σ + (k - h)ᵗ σ_*⁻¹ (k - h)) p = (p, h p) · H (p, h p),
which is checked by expanding the Schur parametrization into
σ + (k - h)ᵗ σ_*⁻¹ (k - h) = H₁₁ + H₁₂ h + hᵗ H₂₁ + hᵗ H₂₂ h. So a doubled
inequality between blocks gives, at every fixed h, an inequality of
skew-corrected forms, and the defining infima are then compared term by term.
The slice identity #
The skew-corrected form of e.reference.aspect.ratio expanded in the four
corners: σ + (k - h)ᵗ σ_*⁻¹ (k - h) = H₁₁ + H₁₂ h + hᵗ H₂₁ + hᵗ H₂₂ h. The
Schur relations H₂₂ k = -H₂₁ and kᵗ H₂₂ = -H₁₂ cancel every term carrying
the Schur skew block k.
The slice identity. The quadratic form of the skew-corrected form at
p is the doubled quadratic form of the block at the vector (p, h p).
Monotonicity of the two factors #
The doubled order restricts to the lower-right corner.
At a fixed skew parameter the skew-corrected form is monotone in the block, by the slice identity.
The reference constant Λ_0 is monotone: the defining set of thresholds only
grows as the block decreases.
The conclusion #
The aspect ratio is monotone for the quadratic form order on symmetric positive definite doubled blocks.