Publication:3782310

zbMath0641.49003MaRDI QIDQ3782310

Frédéric Hélein

Publication date: 1987

zbMATH Keywords

harmonic maps; liquid crystal theory; minimization of the free energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82D30: Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses)

49J20: Existence theories for optimal control problems involving partial differential equations

31B35: Connections of harmonic functions with differential equations in higher dimensions

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