Communications in Mathematical Sciences

Volume 12 (2014)

Number 5

Iterated averaging of three-scale oscillatory systems

Pages: 791 – 824

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/CMS.2014.v12.n5.a1

Authors

Gil Ariel (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel)

Bjorn Engquist (Department of Mathematics and Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES), University of Texas, Austin, Tx., U.S.A.)

Seong Jun Kim (Department of Mathematics, University of Texas, Austin, Tx., U.S.A.)

Richard Tsai (Department of Mathematics and Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES), University of Texas, Austin, Tx., U.S.A.)

Abstract

A theory of iterated averaging is developed for a class of highly oscillatory ordinary differential equations (ODEs) with three well separated time scales. The solutions of these equations are assumed to be (almost) periodic in the fastest time scales. It is proved that the dynamics on the slowest time scale can be approximated by an effective ODE obtained by averaging out oscillations. In particular, the effective dynamics of the considered class of ODEs is always deterministic and does not show any stochastic effects. This is in contrast to systems in which the dynamics on the fastest time scale is mixing. The systems are studied from three perspectives: first, using the tools of averaging theory; second, by formal asymptotic expansions; and third, by averaging with respect to fast oscillations using nested convolutions with averaging kernels. The latter motivates a hierarchical numerical algorithm consisting of nested integrators.

Keywords

three-scale oscillatory dynamical system, iterated averaging

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

34E13, 65L04, 65L05

Published 20 March 2014