ABSTRACT
Let be a bounded domain of class . In , we consider matrix elliptic differential operators and of order 2p () with the Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions, respectively. The coefficients of and are periodic and depend on , . The behavior of the operator , , for small is studied. It is shown that, for fixed , the operator converges in the -operator norm to , as . Here is the effective operator with constant coefficients. We obtain a sharp order estimate . Also, we find approximation for in the -norm with error estimate of order . The results are applied to homogenization of the solutions of initial boundary value problems for parabolic systems.
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Dedicated to the memory of V. V. Zhikov.