A one-dimensional variational problem for cholesteric liquid crystals with disparate elastic constants
DOI10.1016/j.jde.2021.03.045zbMath1461.49061arXiv2008.04492OpenAlexW3145676038MaRDI QIDQ2020140
Michael Novack, Peter Sternberg, Dmitry Golovaty
Publication date: 23 April 2021
Published in: Journal of Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.04492
PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M30) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15) Variational principles of physics (49S05) Second-order semilinear hyperbolic equations (35L71)
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