2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/171497We study non-uniform states and possible glassiness triggered by a competition between distinct local orders in disorder free systems. Both in Ginzburg-Landau theories and in simple field theories, such inhomogeneous states arise from negative gradient terms between the competing order parameters. We discuss applications of these ideas to a variety of strongly correlated systems.7 pages, 2 figuresStrongly Correlated Electronstext