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Abstract
The surface waves in discotic liquid crystals are studied in the geometry in which the column axes are perpendicular to the free surface of a sample. It is shown that in the low frequency limit, when permeation is essential, only the diffusion mode exists. In the opposite case, besides the diffusion mode, there exists also the propagating elastic mode.