Equivariant topology of nematic liquid crystals

DOI10.1070/RM1986V041N05ABEH003443MaRDI QIDQ3198559zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors D. V. Millionshchikov

Publication date 1986

Published in Russian Mathematical Surveys (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1070/rm1986v041n05abeh003443

zbMATH Keywords

biaxialequivariant homotopy classesequivariant maps into projective spacefinite subgroups of O(3)singularities in nematic liquid crystalsuniaxial nematic liquid crystal

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite transformation groups (57S17) Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Equivariant homotopy groups (55Q91)

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