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We examine the equilibrium configurations of a nematic liquid crystal with an immersed body in two-dimensions. A complex variables formulation provides a means for finding analytical solutions in the case of strong anchoring. Local…

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A new fully discrete linearized $H^1$-conforming Lagrange finite element method is proposed for solving the two-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamics equations based on a magnetic potential formulation. The proposed method yields numerical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-12 Buyang Li , Jilu Wang , Liwei Xu

Consider the (simplified) Leslie-Erickson model for the flow of nematic liquid crystals in a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ for n > 1$. This article develops a complete dynamic theory for these equations, analyzing the system…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-02-20 Matthias Hieber , Manuel Nesensohn , Jan Prüss , Katharina Schade

We consider the derivation of the defocusing cubic nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation (NLS) on $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ from quantum $N$-body dynamics. We reformat the hierarchy approach with Klainerman-Machedon theory and prove a bi-scattering…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-01 Xuwen Chen , Justin Holmer

We study planar nematic equilibria on a two-dimensional annulus with strong and weak tangent anchoring, within the Oseen-Frank and Landau-de Gennes theories for nematic liquid crystals. We analyse the defect-free state in the Oseen-Frank…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-04-22 Alexander H. Lewis , Peter D. Howell , Dirk G. A. L. Aarts , Apala Majumdar

Numerical simulations based on radial basis functions have been developed for systems with complex geometries and have been successfully applied across various fields, including seismology, coastal hydrodynamics, and biology. However,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-17 Jin-Sheng Wu , Ivan I. Smalyukh

We show that finite element discretizations of incompressible flow problems can be designed to ensure preservation/dissipation of kinetic energy not only globally but also locally. In the context of equal-order (piecewise-linear)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-10 Hennes Hajduk , Dmitri Kuzmin , Gert Lube , Philipp Öffner

We study the three-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations coupled with the $Q$-tensor equation perturbed by a multiplicative stochastic force, which describes the motion of nematic liquid crystal flows. The local existence and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-01 Yixuan Wang , Zhaoyang Qiu

We provide a numerical method for computing solutions to a free boundary problem arising from the equilibrium state of a floating drop. This numerical method is based on a Newton's method for the underlying nonlinear boundary value…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-12 Mason Mault , Ray Treinen

We develop a computationally and numerically efficient method to calculate binding energies and corresponding wave functions of quantum mechanical three-body problems in low dimensions. Our approach exploits the tensor structure of the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-03-04 Jonas Thies , Moritz Travis Hof , Matthias Zimmermann , Maxim Efremov

While Q-balls have been investigated intensively for many years, another type of nontopological solutions, Q-tubes, have not been understood very well. In this paper we make a comparative study of Q-balls and Q-tubes. First, we investigate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-20 Takashi Tamaki , Nobuyuki Sakai

In this paper, we study an adaptive finite element method for a class of a nonlinear eigenvalue problems that may be of nonconvex energy functional and consider its applications to quantum chemistry. We prove the convergence of adaptive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-01-15 H. Chen , X. Gong , L. He , A. Zhou

We analyze an elastic surface energy which was recently introduced by G. Napoli and L.Vergori to model thin films of nematic liquid crystals. We show how a novel approach that takes into account also the extrinsic properties of the surfaces…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-06-22 Antonio Segatti , Michael Snarski , Marco Veneroni

Nematic liquid crystals in a polyhedral domain, a prototype for bistable displays, may be described by a unit-vector field subject to tangent boundary conditions. Here we consider the case of a rectangular prism. For configurations with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Majumdar , J. M. Robbins , M. Zyskin

In this paper, we construct new finite element methods for the approximation of the equations of linear elasticity in three space dimensions that produce direct approximations to both stresses and displacements. The methods are based on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-29 Douglas N. Arnold , Richard S. Falk , Ragnar Winther

We investigate the Cauchy problem of three-dimensional compressible non-isothermal nematic liquid crystal flows in $\mathbb{R}^3$. We derive the global existence and uniqueness of strong solutions with both interior and far field vacuum…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-08-24 Yang Liu , Xin Zhong

In this paper, we investigate the Beris-Edwards system for both biaxial and uniaxial $Q$-tensors with a general Landau-de Gennes energy density depending on four non-zero elastic constants. We prove existence of the strong solution of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-29 Zhewen Feng , Min-Chun Hong , Yu Mei

This paper investigates the collisionless quantum hydrodynamic, or quantum Euler, system in \(\mathbb{T}^3\) with the linear pressure law \(P(\rho)=\rho\). Since this pressure is associated with the logarithmic internal energy…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Cheng Yu

We derive an expression for the energy-momentum tensor in the discrete lattice formulation of pure glue QCD. The resulting expression satisfies the continuity equation for energy conservation up to numerical errors with a symmetric…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-12-06 Kirill Boguslavski , Tuomas Lappi , Jarkko Peuron , Pragya Singh

We consider the mathematical analysis and numerical approximation of a system of nonlinear partial differential equations that arises in models that have relevance to steady isochoric flows of colloidal suspensions. The symmetric velocity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-09 Andrea Bonito , Vivette Girault , Diane Guignard , Kumbakonam R. Rajagopal , Endre Süli