Bücher der Reihe Applied Mathematics

Two variational theories of liquid crystals are explained in this book: the first, presented by Zocher, Oseen and Frank, is classical; the other, put forward by Ericksen, is new in its formulation, although it has been anticipated in the literature of the past 20 years.

Bivectors occur naturally in the description of elliptically polarized homogeneous and inhomogeneous plane waves

An exposition of the mathematical methods and main results of the Boundary Layer Theory. It explores the theory's mathematical studies and their importance to the nonlinear theory of viscous and electrically conducting flows, the theory of heat and mass transfer, and the dynamics of reactive and multiphase media.