Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-562) and index.

1. Matrix Algebra -- 2. Linear Anisotropic Elastic Materials -- 3. Antiplane Deformations -- 4. The Lekhnitskii Formalism -- 5. The Stroh Formalism -- 6. The Structures and Identities of the Elasticity Matrices -- 7. Transformation of the Elasticity Matrices and Dual Coordinate Systems -- 8. Green's Functions for Infinite Space, Half-Space, and Composite Space -- 9. Particular Solutions, Stress Singularities, and Stress Decay -- 10. Anisotropic Materials with an Elliptic Boundary -- 11. Anisotropic Media with a Crack or a Rigid Line Inclusion -- 12. Steady State Motion and Surface Waves -- 13. Degenerate and Near Degenerate Materials -- 14. Generalization of the Stroh Formalism -- 15. Three-Dimensional Deformations.

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