On nematic surface energies

European Journal of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 293-299

  Faetti, Sandro ^a   Virga, Epifanio G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Matematica   (Italy)

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EID: 0642363879     PISSN: 09567925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0956792597003136     Document Type: Article

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