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Remarks about the mathematical theory of liquid crystals

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  • Liquid Crystal
  • Nematic Liquid Crystal
  • Regularity Theory
  • Nonlinear Elliptic System
  • Fractional Step Method

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Hardt, R., Kinderlehrer, D., Luskin, M. (1988). Remarks about the mathematical theory of liquid crystals. In: Hildebrandt, S., Kinderlehrer, D., Miranda, M. (eds) Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1340. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0082891

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