Global existence of weak solution for the 2-D Ericksen–Leslie system

We prove the global existence of weak solution for two dimensional Ericksen–Leslie system with the Leslie stress and general Ericksen stress under the physical constrains on the Leslie coefficients. We also prove the local well-posedness of the Ericksen–Leslie system in two and three spatial dimensions.

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