From the Q-tensor flow for the liquid crystal to the harmonic map flow

DOI10.1007/s00205-017-1111-6zbMath1372.76012arXiv1506.01462OpenAlexW1728294893MaRDI QIDQ2014376

Wendong Wang, Zhifei Zhang, Meng Wang

Publication date: 11 August 2017

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.01462

zbMATH Keywords

weak solutionstrong solutionliquid crystalharmonic map flow\(Q\)-tensor flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Liquid crystals (76A15) Harmonic maps, etc. (58E20) Weak solutions to PDEs (35D30)

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