Classifying Local Anisotropy Formed by Rigid Molecules: Symmetries and Tensors

DOI10.1137/20M134071XzbMath1457.76019arXiv2005.12480WikidataQ114074197 ScholiaQ114074197MaRDI QIDQ5149209

Jie Xu

Publication date: 8 February 2021

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.12480

zbMATH Keywords

liquid crystalmolecular symmetrygroup SO(3)mesoscopic symmetrysymmetric traceless tensor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Liquid crystals (76A15) Foundations of fluid mechanics (76A02)

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