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Building on earlier work, we have given in our paper in Contemporary Mathematics 535, 195-213, 2011 (referred here as [TS]) a proof of existence of Abrikosov vortex lattices in the Ginzburg-Landau model of superconductivity and have shown…
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Murray's theory of constrained minimum-power branchings is critically reviewed in a generalised framework for a range of cases: channels with arbitrary cross-section shape, laminar flows of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, and low and…
We report on the derivation of determinant representations for the Green's functions and spectral function of the trapped Tonks-Girardeau gas on the lattice and in the continuum. Our results are valid for any type of statistics of the…
We investigate the formation of singularities in a baby Skyrme type energy model, which describes magnetic solitons in two-dimensional ferromagnetic systems. In presence of a diverging anisotropy term, which enforces a preferred background…
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