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SEVERAL papers have been published by Dr. K. H. Swainger in which he claims to have originated a linear theory of elasticity involving finite strain, and he has questioned, not only the approach of other workers in the same field, but also the classical infinitesimal theory, since these appear to be in conflict with his own1,2. The purpose of this communication is to show that this new theory is untenable, since a mathematical inconsistency enters at the very beginning.
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GORDON, A. A Linear Theory of Finite Strain. Nature 166, 657 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166657a0
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