Uniaxial symmetry in nematic liquid crystals

DOI10.1016/j.anihpc.2014.05.006zbMath1345.49002arXiv1402.1058OpenAlexW2070841855MaRDI QIDQ892703

Xavier Lamy

Publication date: 11 November 2015

Published in: Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré. Analyse Non Linéaire (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.1058

zbMATH Keywords

nematic liquid crystalsenergy minimizersequilibrium configurationsradial symmetrybiaxial escapeuniaxial symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Existence theories for free problems in two or more independent variables (49J10) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

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