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In this paper we prove the existence of global in time weak solutions for an evolutionary PDE system modelling nonisothermal Landau-de Gennes nematic liquid crystal (LC) flows in three dimensions of space. In our model, the incompressible…
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The flow of the relativistic imperfect fluid in two dimensions is discussed. We calculate the symmetry group of the energy-momentum tensor conservation equation in the ultrarelativistic limit. Group-invariant solutions for the…
A 1934 paper by Leray posed the question of the regularity of solutions of the dynamical equations for incompressible inviscid fluids with smooth initial data. Since there has been many attempts to answer this question. Leray examined the…
As is well known, for the harmonic heat flow or liquid crystal flow in two-dimension, the solution may blow up when the initial energy is greater than $8\pi$. Motivated by Lai--Lin--Wang--Wei--Zhou (CPAM, 2022), where singular solutions…
Taking into account the recent works \cite{RoTaVe:2020} and \cite{Rys:2020}, we consider a phase-change problem for a one dimensional material with a non-local flux, expressed in terms of the Caputo derivative, which derives in a…
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