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Stress Tensor (1/2)

The rank-2 stress tensor is related to a derivative of a Lagrange density.
  1. Start with a Lagrange density:


  2. Take the derivative:


  3. Apply the Euler-Lagrange equation to the first term. Change the order of partial derivatives in the second term:




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