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Rigidity in Solids

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We address the question of whether solids may be distinguished from fluids by their response to shear stress.

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  1. Mathematics Department, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA

    David Aristoff & Charles Radin

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Correspondence to Charles Radin.

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Research supported in part by NSF Grant DMS-0700120.

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Aristoff, D., Radin, C. Rigidity in Solids. J Stat Phys 144, 1247 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-011-0304-x

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