Solution

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The multiplier enforcing elastic incompressibility contributes an arbitrary hydrostatic stress. Denote it by to distinguish it from the applied pressure . For the neo-Hookean solid, the Cauchy stress tensor is . Thus its principal components are
The axial component is , despite the unit axial stretch. The quantity is a Lagrange multiplier determined together with equilibrium and the traction conditions; it is not obtained by differentiating the reduced stretch energy while ignoring its constraint.
In particular the stress difference eliminates this multiplier:

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