Minimum principle for indefinite mean-field free energies

DOI10.1007/S00205-009-0238-5zbMath1191.82110OpenAlexW2171697838MaRDI QIDQ982282

Epifanio G. Virga, Eugene C. Gartland jun.

Publication date: 6 July 2010

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00205-009-0238-5

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M30) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15)

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