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Every non-two body interaction does not lead to a violation of the Cauchy symmetry in elastic constants. The condition forM-body interaction to satisfy Cauchy symmetry is discussed. For this purpose a simple expression for the contribution to the Brugger elastic constants in terms of theM-body force constants is derived. The advantage of the expression is that the force constants have to satisfy only the rotational and translational invariance conditions but not the equilibrium conditions.
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Sarkar, S.K., Sengupta, S. Many body interaction and cauchy relation for elastic constants. Z Physik B 25, 135–137 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01320171
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01320171