Rigorous Derivation from Landau--de Gennes Theory to Ericksen--Leslie Theory
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عنوان ژورنال: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0036-1410,1095-7154
DOI: 10.1137/13093529x