 Isotropic elasticity on tensor components

The rank-four law $c_{ijkl}=\alpha {\delta }_{ij}{\delta }_{kl}+\beta {\delta }_{ik}{\delta }_{jl}+\gamma {\delta }_{il}{\delta }_{jk}$ sends a strain array to $P_{ij}=\alpha {\delta }_{ij}{T}_{kk}+\beta T_{ij}+\gamma T_{ji}$. Applying the scalar, symmetric-traceless and axial tensor decomposition gives the displayed independent actions on the three components. The inverse requires all relevant coefficients nonzero. Restricting to a symmetric second-rank tensor eliminates the axial part and gives $P_{ij}=\alpha {\delta }_{ij}{T}_{kk}+(\beta +\gamma )T_{ij}$. Without that symmetry restriction the two-parameter form is not generally valid.