Periodic homogenization of convolution type operators with irregular L\'{e}vy type tails

Abstract

We establish the homogenization results for a class of nonlocal operators of convolution type with integrable jumping kernel $p$ multiplied by rapidly oscillating periodic or locally periodic coefficients. The associated measure $p(z)dz$ is assumed to belong to the domain of attraction of a symmetric $\alpha$-stable law. We also assume that $p$ satisfies a pointwise L\'evy type lower bound and an averaged annular upper bound for points bounded away from the origin, and that the local $L^1$ oscillation of $p$ decays faster at infinity than its local $L^1$-norm. Under these assumptions, we prove the resolvent convergence of the nonlocal operators and explicitly determine the corresponding homogenized nonlocal operator, which is shown to be comparable to the fractional Laplacian. The proof relies on compactness arguments and a refined analysis based on the annular integral upper bound and an $\varepsilon$-cube decomposition.