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May  2013, 12(3): 1445-1468. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2013.12.1445

Energy conservative solutions to a nonlinear wave system of nematic liquid crystals

Geng Chen 1, , Ping Zhang 2, and  Yuxi Zheng 3,

1. 

Department of Mathematics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States
2. 

Academy of Mathematics & Systems Science, and Hua Loo-Keng Key Laboratory of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
3. 

Department of Mathematical Sciences, Yeshiva University, New York, NY 10033

Received  March 2012 Revised  April 2012 Published  September 2012

We establish the global existence of solutions to the Cauchy problem for a system of hyperbolic partial differential equations in one space dimension modeling a type of nematic liquid crystals that has equal splay and twist coefficients. Our results have no restrictions on the angles of the director, as we use the director in its natural three-component form, rather than the two-component form of spherical angles.
Keywords: spherical angles, Camassa-Holm, three-component form., Hyperbolic.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35L65, 35J70; Secondary: 35J6.
Citation: Geng Chen, Ping Zhang, Yuxi Zheng. Energy conservative solutions to a nonlinear wave system of nematic liquid crystals. Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis, 2013, 12 (3) : 1445-1468. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2013.12.1445
References:
[1]

Giuseppe Alì and John Hunter, Orientation waves in a director field with rotational inertia, Kinet. Relat. Models, 2 (2009), 1-37.

[2]

H. Berestycki, J. M. Coron and I. Ekeland (eds.), "Variational Methods,", in series, (). 

[3]

A. Bressan and Yuxi Zheng, Conservative solutions to a nonlinear variational wave equation, Comm. Math. Phys., 266 (2006), 471-497.

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D. Christodoulou and A. Tahvildar-Zadeh, On the regularity of spherically symmetric wave maps, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 46 (1993), 1041-1091.

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J. Coron, J. Ghidaglia and F. Hélein (eds.), "Nematics," Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991.

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J. L. Ericksen and D. Kinderlehrer (eds.), "Theory and Application of Liquid Crystals,", IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, (). 

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James Glimm, Solutions in the large for nonlinear hyperbolic systems of equations, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 18 (1965), 697-715.

[8]

R. Hardt, D. Kinderlehrer and Fanghua Lin, Existence and partial regularity of static liquid crystal configurations, Comm. Math. Phys., 105 (1986), 547-570.

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D. Kinderlehrer, Recent developments in liquid crystal theory, in "Frontiers in pure and applied mathematics" (R. Dautray ed.), Elsevier, New York, (1991), 151-178.

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R. A. Saxton, Dynamic instability of the liquid crystal director, in "Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 100: Current Progress in Hyperbolic Systems" (W. B. Lindquist ed.), AMS, Providence, (1989), 325-330.

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J. Shatah, Weak solutions and development of singularities in the $SU(2)$ $\sigma$-model, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 41 (1988), 459-469.

[12]

J. Shatah and A. Tahvildar-Zadeh, Regularity of harmonic maps from Minkowski space into rotationally symmetric manifolds, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 45 (1992), 947-971.

[13]

J. Sterbenz and D. Tataru, Energy dispersed large data wave maps in $2+1$ dimensions, Comm. Math. Phys., 298 (2010), 139-230.

[14]

J. Sterbenz and D. Tataru, Regularity of wave-maps in dimension $2+1$, Comm. Math. Phys., 298 (2010), 231-264.

[15]

T. Tao, Global regularity of wave maps. I. Small critical Sobolev norm in high dimension, Internat. Math. Res. Notices, 6 (2001), 299-328.

[16]

T. Tao, Global regularity of wave maps. II. Small energy in two dimensions, Comm. Math. Phys., 224 (2001), 443-544.

[17]

E. Virga, "Variational Theories for Liquid Crystals," Chapman & Hall, New York, 1994.

[18]

Ping Zhang and Yuxi Zheng, Weak solutions to a nonlinear variational wave equation, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal., 166 (2003), 303-319.

[19]

Ping Zhang and Yuxi Zheng, Weak solutions to a nonlinear variational wave equation with general data, Ann. I. H. Poincaré, 22 (2005), 207-226.

[20]

Ping Zhang and Yuxi Zheng, Conservative solutions to a system of variational wave equations of nematic liquid crystals, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal., 195 (2010),701-727.

[21]

Ping Zhang and Yuxi Zheng, Energy conservative solutions to a one-dimensional full variational wave system, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 65 (2012), 683-726.

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References:
[1]

Giuseppe Alì and John Hunter, Orientation waves in a director field with rotational inertia, Kinet. Relat. Models, 2 (2009), 1-37.

[2]

H. Berestycki, J. M. Coron and I. Ekeland (eds.), "Variational Methods,", in series, (). 

[3]

A. Bressan and Yuxi Zheng, Conservative solutions to a nonlinear variational wave equation, Comm. Math. Phys., 266 (2006), 471-497.

[4]

D. Christodoulou and A. Tahvildar-Zadeh, On the regularity of spherically symmetric wave maps, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 46 (1993), 1041-1091.

[5]

J. Coron, J. Ghidaglia and F. Hélein (eds.), "Nematics," Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991.

[6]

J. L. Ericksen and D. Kinderlehrer (eds.), "Theory and Application of Liquid Crystals,", IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, (). 

[7]

James Glimm, Solutions in the large for nonlinear hyperbolic systems of equations, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 18 (1965), 697-715.

[8]

R. Hardt, D. Kinderlehrer and Fanghua Lin, Existence and partial regularity of static liquid crystal configurations, Comm. Math. Phys., 105 (1986), 547-570.

[9]

D. Kinderlehrer, Recent developments in liquid crystal theory, in "Frontiers in pure and applied mathematics" (R. Dautray ed.), Elsevier, New York, (1991), 151-178.

[10]

R. A. Saxton, Dynamic instability of the liquid crystal director, in "Contemporary Mathematics, Vol. 100: Current Progress in Hyperbolic Systems" (W. B. Lindquist ed.), AMS, Providence, (1989), 325-330.

[11]

J. Shatah, Weak solutions and development of singularities in the $SU(2)$ $\sigma$-model, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 41 (1988), 459-469.

[12]

J. Shatah and A. Tahvildar-Zadeh, Regularity of harmonic maps from Minkowski space into rotationally symmetric manifolds, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 45 (1992), 947-971.

[13]

J. Sterbenz and D. Tataru, Energy dispersed large data wave maps in $2+1$ dimensions, Comm. Math. Phys., 298 (2010), 139-230.

[14]

J. Sterbenz and D. Tataru, Regularity of wave-maps in dimension $2+1$, Comm. Math. Phys., 298 (2010), 231-264.

[15]

T. Tao, Global regularity of wave maps. I. Small critical Sobolev norm in high dimension, Internat. Math. Res. Notices, 6 (2001), 299-328.

[16]

T. Tao, Global regularity of wave maps. II. Small energy in two dimensions, Comm. Math. Phys., 224 (2001), 443-544.

[17]

E. Virga, "Variational Theories for Liquid Crystals," Chapman & Hall, New York, 1994.

[18]

Ping Zhang and Yuxi Zheng, Weak solutions to a nonlinear variational wave equation, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal., 166 (2003), 303-319.

[19]

Ping Zhang and Yuxi Zheng, Weak solutions to a nonlinear variational wave equation with general data, Ann. I. H. Poincaré, 22 (2005), 207-226.

[20]

Ping Zhang and Yuxi Zheng, Conservative solutions to a system of variational wave equations of nematic liquid crystals, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal., 195 (2010),701-727.

[21]

Ping Zhang and Yuxi Zheng, Energy conservative solutions to a one-dimensional full variational wave system, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 65 (2012), 683-726.

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