Bifurcation analysis of minimizing harmonic maps describing the equilibrium of nematic phases between cylinders

DOI10.1007/BF00375093zbMath0825.76062OpenAlexW2052149891MaRDI QIDQ1194068

Bernard D. Coleman, Fabrice Bethuel, Haim Brezis, Frédéric Hélein

Publication date: 27 September 1992

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00375093

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Existence theories for free problems in two or more independent variables (49J10) Liquid crystals (76A15)

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