A free boundary value problem of nematic liquid crystals with variable degree of orientation

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-169

  Isobe, Takeshi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A free boundary value problem; Harmonic maps into a cone; Liquid crystals; Regularity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041539578     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0362-546X(94)00266-K     Document Type: Article

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