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http://dx.doi.org/10.14403/jcms.2018.31.1.193

A LOCAL MINIMIZER IN SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS

Park, Jinhae (Department of Mathematics Chungnam National University)

Publication Information

Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society / v.31, no.1, 2018 , pp. 193-197 More about this Journal

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a simplified energy functional for ferroelectric liquid crystals. With a special ansatz, we study existence of local minimizer with a certain symmetry.

Keywords

liquid crystal smectic;

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