%0 Journal Article %J SIAM J. Math. Anal. 37 (2005) 996-1026 %D 2005 %T Global solutions of the Hunter-Saxton equation %A Alberto Bressan %A Adrian Constantin %X We construct a continuous semigroup of weak, dissipative solutions to a nonlinear partial differential equations modeling nematic liquid crystals. A new distance functional, determined by a problem of optimal transportation, yields sharp estimates on the continuity of solutions with respect to the initial data. %B SIAM J. Math. Anal. 37 (2005) 996-1026 %G en_US %U http://hdl.handle.net/1963/2256 %1 1991 %2 Mathematics %3 Functional Analysis and Applications %$ Submitted by Andrea Wehrenfennig (andreaw@sissa.it) on 2007-10-18T10:16:52Z\\nNo. of bitstreams: 1\\n0502059v1.pdf: 276204 bytes, checksum: ba0bfd37b8aa3a5ef2c0ef7358081cf9 (MD5) %R 10.1137/050623036