Calculus of variations and its application to liquid crystals

<p>The thesis concerns the mathematical study of the calculus of variations and its application to liquid crystals.Throughout the thesis we will be looking to minimise integral functionals of the form</p> <p align="center"><em>I</em>(<strong>n</strong...

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Main Authors: Bedford, S, Stephen Bedford
Other Authors: Ball, J
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2014
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