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A Comment on the Formation of Objective Response Functions

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The well-known method for obtaining objective response functions in continuum mechanics, due to W. Noll, is reviewed and an objection to its logic, raised by R.S. Rivlin and G.F. Smith, is evaluated.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, 6125 Etcheverry Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1740, USA

    James Casey

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Rice University, MS 321, PO Box 1892, Houston, TX, 77251-1892, USA

    Michael M. Carroll

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Casey, J., Carroll, M.M. A Comment on the Formation of Objective Response Functions. J Elast 107, 125–130 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10659-011-9347-0

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