Uniaxial versus biaxial character of nematic equilibria in three dimensions

DOI10.1007/s00526-017-1142-8zbMath1372.82041arXiv1312.3358OpenAlexW1783297382WikidataQ59605675 ScholiaQ59605675MaRDI QIDQ526961

Apala Majumdar, Adriano Pisante, Duvan Henao

Publication date: 15 May 2017

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.3358

zbMATH Keywords

energy functionalharmonic mapanisotropic mediaLandau-de Gennes theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15) Optimality conditions for solutions belonging to restricted classes (Lipschitz controls, bang-bang controls, etc.) (49K30)

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