Solution landscape of the Onsager model identifies non-axisymmetric critical points

DOI10.1016/j.physd.2021.133081OpenAlexW3213118245MaRDI QIDQ2077846

Jianyuan Yin, Pingwen Zhang, Lei Zhang

Publication date: 22 February 2022

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.09766

zbMATH Keywords

critical pointsMorse indexsaddle pointsOnsager modelliquid crystalssolution landscape

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biology and other natural sciences (92-XX) Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX)

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Uses Software

• lobpcg.m

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