A Catastrophe-Theoretic Approach to Tricritical Points with Application to Liquid Crystals

DOI10.1137/080733759zbMath1239.82042arXiv0808.3555OpenAlexW2116036133MaRDI QIDQ5189576

Stefano Turzi, Livio Gibelli

Publication date: 17 March 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.3555

zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionscatastrophe theoryliquid crystals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15) Catastrophe theory (58K35)

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