Lower bounds for the energy of unit vector fields and applications (Q1381530)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1130451
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Lower bounds for the energy of unit vector fields and applications
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1130451

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    Lower bounds for the energy of unit vector fields and applications (English)
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    9 March 1999
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    The author gives a lower bound for the Dirichlet energy of a unit vector field defined in a perforated domain of \(\mathbb{R}^2\) with nonzero degree on the outer boundary in terms of the total diameter of the holes. Using this, the author also gives lower bounds and compactness results for Ginzburg-Laudau functionals.
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    energy estimate
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    Dirichlet energy
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    Ginzburg-Laudau functional
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