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When speaking of hysteresis1, one usually refers to a relation between two scalar time-dependent quantities that cannot be expressed in terms of a single-valued function, but takes the form of loops like the one depicted in Fig. 0.1.

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  1. From the Greek word hysterein = to be behind or later, to come late; hysteresis = shortcoming, deficiency, need. See Liddell-Scott-Jones (1843/1951).

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  2. See Murakami (1992).

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  3. Cf. Mayergoyz (1991).

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  4. For a mathematical analysis of this model, see Chapter 6 in Krasnoselskii-Pokrovskii (1989) or Chapter V in Visintin (1994a). In Bliman-Sorine (1993b), this model has been generalized in an attempt to combine the concepts of rate independence and of linear systems theory.

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  5. See Duvaut-Lions (1976), Panagiotopoulos (1985), Visintin (1994a) and Krejčí (1996).

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  6. See, for instance, the monographs Visintin (1994a) and Krejčí (1996).

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  7. For the results of Chapter 6, see also the recent monograph Zheng (1995).

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Brokate, M., Sprekels, J. (1996). Introduction. In: Hysteresis and Phase Transitions. Applied Mathematical Sciences, vol 121. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4048-8_1

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