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Communicated by C. Truesdell

Communicator's note. This paper was composed as a supplement to a study of Sophie Germain's elasticity. Because even now that study is not complete, this paper is now published without further delay.

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Sampson, J.H. Sophie Germain and the theory of numbers. Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 41, 157–161 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00411862

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