Variational theories for liquid crystals
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Variational theories for liquid crystals
（Applied mathematics and mathematical computation）
Chapman & Hall, 1994
Available at 18 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Essentially there are two variational theories of liquid crystals explained in this book. The theory put forward by Zocher, Oseen and Frank is classical, while that proposed by Ericksen is newer in its mathematical formulation although it has been postulated in the physical literature for the past two decades. The newer theory provides a better explanation of defects in liquid crystals, especially of those concentrated on lines and surfaces, which escape the scope of the classical theory. The book opens the way to the wealth of applications that will follow.
Table of Contents
1. Physical background 2. Mathematical preliminaries 3. The classical theory 4. Instabilities 5. Drops 6. The new theory
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