Published Paper

Inserted: 15 oct 2013
Last Updated: 6 aug 2015

Journal: SIAM J. Math. Anal.
Volume: 47
Number: 4
Pages: 2832-2867
Year: 2015
Doi: 10.1137/130941341

Abstract:

We consider a class of spin-type discrete systems and analyze their continuum limit as the lattice spacing goes to zero. Under standard coerciveness and growth assumptions together with an additional head-to-tail symmetry condition, we observe that this limit can be conveniently written as a functional in the space of $Q$-tensors. We further characterize the limit energy density in several cases (both in $2$ and $3$ dimensions). In the planar case we also develop a second-order theory and we derive gradient or concentration-type models according to the chosen scaling.

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