# A commented translation of Hans Richter's early work "The isotropic law of elasticity"

## TL;DR

This paper offers an accurate English translation of Hans Richter's 1948 work on the isotropic law of elasticity, including an overview of Richter's contributions to the field.

## Contribution

It provides the first faithful English translation of Richter's influential 1948 paper on isotropic elasticity laws, with a summarizing introduction.

## Key findings

- Historical insight into Richter's work
- Clarification of early elasticity laws
- Enhanced accessibility for English-speaking researchers

## Abstract

We provide a faithful translation of Hans Richter's important 1948 paper "Das isotrope Elastizit\"atsgesetz" from its original German version into English. Our introduction summarizes Richter's achievements.