On unique solvability of the full three-dimensional Ericksen-Leslie system

In this paper, we study the full three-dimensional Ericksen-Leslie system of equations for the nematodynamics of liquid crystals. We announce the short-time existence and uniqueness of strong solutions for the initial value problem in the periodic case and in a bounded domain with Dirichlet- and Neumann-type boundary conditions. (C) 2016 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.