Stress tensor : tension VS Pressure

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zn52

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May 3, 2011

My question is regarding exercise 5.1 on page 141 of MTW. How come the tension and the pressure have the same value ? The field lines here are they the field lines of the electromagnetic force ?
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May 4, 2011

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