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Stability of the vortex defect in the Landau-de Gennes theory for nematic liquid crystals

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posted on 2023-06-08, 18:03 authored by Radu Ignat, Luc Nguyen, Valeriy Slastikov, Arghir Zarnescu
We analyze the radially symmetric solution corresponding to the vortex defect (the so-called melting hedgehog) in the Landau–de Gennes theory for nematic liquid crystals. We prove the existence, uniqueness and stability results of the melting hedgehog.

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  • Published

Journal

Comptes Rendus Mathématique

ISSN

1631-073X

Publisher

Elsevier Masson

Issue

13-14

Volume

351

Page range

533-537

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  • Mathematics Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2014-08-07

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