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FluidStu
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The Cayley-Hamilton Theorem can be used to express the third invariant of the characteristic polynomial obtained from the non-trivial solution of the Eigenvector/Eigenvalue problem. I follow the proof (in Chaves – Notes on Continuum Mechanics) down to the following equation, then get stuck at "Replacing the values of IT and IIT with those in 1.269. Could someone please explain? Thanks
with 1.269 being:
with 1.269 being: