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Calculus of variations and its application to liquid crystals

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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

I(n) = ∫Ω F(x,n,∇n)dx.

In the first chapter we examine vectorial problems in the calculus of variations with an additional pointwis...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Mathematical Institute
Research group:
Oxford Centre for Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
Oxford college:
Exeter College
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Publication date:
2014
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
Oxford University, UK

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English
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Deposit date:
2015-06-16

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