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Convexity conditions and existence theorems in nonlinear elasticity

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Ball, J.M. Convexity conditions and existence theorems in nonlinear elasticity. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 63, 337–403 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00279992

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