Minimizing Oseen-Frank energy for nematic liquid crystals : algorithms and numerical results

Alouges, F.; Ghidaglia, J. M.

Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique théorique, Tome 66 (1997) no. 4, pp. 411-447.

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