## “Reality” and representation in mechanics: the legacy of Walter Noll.(English)Zbl 1415.74001

J. Elasticity 135, No. 1-2, 117-148 (2019); correction ibid. 137, No. 1, 117-118 (2019).
Summary: The foundations of the mechanics of generalized continua are revisited in the light of the theoretical progress made in the last decades. The paper includes a summary of the scientific activity of W. Noll, to whom a large part of this progress is due.

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 74-03 History of mechanics of deformable solids 01A60 History of mathematics in the 20th century 01A61 History of mathematics in the 21st century 01A70 Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies 74Axx Generalities, axiomatics, foundations of continuum mechanics of solids 74A05 Kinematics of deformation 74A10 Stress 74A20 Theory of constitutive functions in solid mechanics 74A60 Micromechanical theories 74C15 Large-strain, rate-independent theories of plasticity (including nonlinear plasticity)

Noll, Walter
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