Reduction theory for symmetry breaking with applications to nematic systems

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 239, Issue 20-22, 2010, Pages 1929-1947

  Gay Balmaz, Franois ^a   Tronci, Cesare ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EulerPoncar and LagrangePoincar reduction; Nematic liquid crystals; Order parameter; Symmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; VECTOR SPACES;

BIAXIAL LIQUID CRYSTALS; GEOMETRIC CONSTRUCTION; NEMATIC MOLECULES; ORDER PARAMETER; SYMMETRIC MATRICES; SYMMETRY-BREAKING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; UNIAXIAL NEMATICS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 77956095366     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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