High-contrast homogenization: Provider.Initialization.ReferenceComparison #
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The reference comparison κ_𝐄 ≤ 6 Π #
The factor-six reference-block comparison states κ_𝐄 ≤ 1 + 6(Θ - 1) ≤ 6 Π for
a reference block whose sharp it dominates. The printed derivation routes
through the display preceding (2.98) of Armstrong–Kuusi, an inequality about the
un-corrected Schur block; the route taken here reaches the final bound
κ_𝐄 ≤ 6 Π directly from the reference aspect ratio, and it is elementary.
Write (σ, σ_*, k) for the Schur data of 𝐄, so that
- the quadratic form of
𝐄at(x, y)is⟨σ x, x⟩ + ⟨σ_*⁻¹ (y - k x), y - k x⟩; - the sharp has Schur data
(σ_*, σ, -kᵗ), so its quadratic form at(x, y)is⟨σ_* x, x⟩ + ⟨σ⁻¹ (y + kᵗ x), y + kᵗ x⟩.
Three inputs are used, all already available. The ordering 𝐄^♯ ≤ 𝐄 gives
σ_* ≤ σ on the lower-right blocks. The skew matrix realizing Λ_0 gives
σ + mᵗ σ_*⁻¹ m ≤ Λ_0 · I with m = k - h, and I ≤ |σ_*⁻¹| σ_* turns that
into σ + mᵗ σ_*⁻¹ m ≤ Π σ_*, whence both σ ≤ Π σ_* and
mᵗ σ_*⁻¹ m ≤ (Π - 1) σ_*. Transposition preserves the second bound, and the
symmetric part K = k + kᵗ = m + mᵗ therefore satisfies
K σ_*⁻¹ K ≤ 4(Π - 1) σ_*.
The comparison is then one application of Young's inequality with the weight
five: writing w = y + kᵗ x, so that y - k x = w - K x,
⟨σ_*⁻¹ (w - K x), w - K x⟩ ≤ 6 ⟨σ_*⁻¹ w, w⟩ + (6/5) ⟨σ_*⁻¹ K x, K x⟩,
and the three displayed bounds turn the left side of the comparison into
(6Π - (Π/5 + 24/5)) ⟨σ_* x, x⟩ + 6 ⟨σ_*⁻¹ w, w⟩, which is below
6Π (⟨σ_* x, x⟩ + ⟨σ⁻¹ w, w⟩) because σ_*⁻¹ ≤ Π σ⁻¹. The slack
Π/5 + 24/5 is why the printed constant six survives the cruder route.
Quadratic forms of a Schur block #
The quadratic form of a Schur block. At (x, y) the block
G_{-c}ᵗ diag(a, b⁻¹) G_{-c} reads ⟨a x, x⟩ + ⟨b⁻¹ (y - c x), y - c x⟩.
Two matrix inequalities #
The Schur form of a symmetric positive block #
The Schur form. A symmetric positive definite doubled block is the Schur form of its own Schur data.
The reference comparison #
The factor-six reference-block comparison κ_𝐄 ≤ 6 Π, for a symmetric
positive doubled block dominating its own sharp.
The reference comparison under the coarse ellipticity assumption. At a
probability law the reference block of e.coarse.ellipticity dominates its own
sharp, so the factor-six reference-block comparison applies to it.