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This chapter is devoted to the study of the characteristic properties of symmetric tensors of rank 2. They represent many physical properties which, in isotropic materials, are described by a simple scalar. The end of this chapter introduces axial vectors, which are antisymmetric tensors of rank 2, and gives examples.
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Malgrange, C., Ricolleau, C., Schlenker, M. (2014). Second-rank tensors. In: Symmetry and Physical Properties of Crystals. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8993-6_10
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