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AN ENERGY-MINIMIZATION FINITE-ELEMENT APPROACH FOR THE FRANK-OSEEN MODEL OF NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS ∗ J. H. ADLER, T. J. ATHERTON, D. B. EMERSON, S. P. MACLACHLAN Abstract. This paper outlines an energy-minimization fi