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We present a survey of homogenization methods for diffusion equations with periodic and random diffusivity.
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Papanicolaou, G.C. (1995). Diffusion in Random Media. In: Keller, J.B., McLaughlin, D.W., Papanicolaou, G.C. (eds) Surveys in Applied Mathematics. Surveys in Applied Mathematics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0436-2_3
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