Uniqueness of director configuration states for liquid crystals in the case of weak anchoring

DOI10.1093/imamat/hxz013zbMath1484.82065MaRDI QIDQ5009248

Carlo Greco

Publication date: 19 August 2021

Published in: IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/imamat/hxz013

zbMATH Keywords

bifurcation; time map; weak anchoring; Freedericksz transition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

76A15: Liquid crystals

82B26: Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics

82B27: Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics

35B32: Bifurcations in context of PDEs