Finite Time Blowup for the Nematic Liquid Crystal Flow in Dimension Two

Chen Chih Lai, Fanghua Lin, Changyou Wang, Juncheng Wei, Yifu Zhou

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Abstract

We consider the initial boundary value problem of a simplified nematic liquid crystal flow in a bounded, smooth domain Ω ⊂ ℝ2. Given any k distinct points in the domain, we develop a new inner-outer gluing method to construct solutions that blow up exactly at those k points as t goes to a finite time T. Moreover, we obtain a precise description of the blowup.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)128-196
Number of pages69
JournalCommunications on Pure and Applied Mathematics
Volume75
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

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