Some constancy results for nematic liquid crystals and harmonic maps
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Chou, Kai Seng; Zhu, Xi-Ping. Some constancy results for nematic liquid crystals and harmonic maps. Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Tome 12 (1995) no. 1, pp. 99-115. http://archive.numdam.org/item/AIHPC_1995__12_1_99_0/

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