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Harmonic and Cartan decompositions are used to prove that there are eight symmetry classes of elasticity tensors. Recent results in apparent contradiction with this conclusion are discussed in a short history of the problem.
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Forte, S., Vianello, M. Symmetry classes for elasticity tensors. J Elasticity 43, 81–108 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00042505
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