Solution

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The displacement follows a material point from its reference position to its current position:
The deformation gradient is the Jacobian matrix , and the volume Jacobian is
For an orientation-preserving physical deformation, measures the local volume expansion factor. Incompressibility requires ; conservation of mass gives . For small displacement gradients, . If a spatial representation is desired, the same displacement is .

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