[GiNaC-list] Differentiation of a function with respect to a tensor

Vladimir V. Kisil kisilv at maths.leeds.ac.uk
Thu Feb 10 15:20:58 CET 2011


		Dear Bernardo,

>>>>> On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 10:07:51 -0200, Bernardo Rocha <bernardosk at gmail.com> said:
    BMR> the strain energy function for the St. Venant-Kirchhoff
    BMR> material
    BMR> \Psi(E) = 0.5 * \lambda * (tr E)^2 + \mu E:E

	To start with, can you write this functions as a GiNaC expression?

	Best wishes,
	Vladimir
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