Minimum principle for indefinite mean-field free energies

DOI10.1007/S00205-009-0238-5zbMATH Open1191.82110OpenAlexW2171697838MaRDI QIDQ982282FDOQ982282

Authors: Epifanio G. Virga, E. C. jun. Gartland 

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

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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