Ricci Curvature and the Mechanics of Solids
arXiv:1005.2010
Abstract
We discuss some differential geometry pertaining to continuum mechanics and the route recently taken by D.N. Arnold, R.S. Falk, and R. Winther in deriving new improved finite element schemes in linear elasticity from constructions in projective geometry.
This article was solicited by the Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society