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= Solution

A tensor is <isotropic tensor> if its components are unchanged under every proper orthogonal change of <basis>. The general isotropic rank-four tensor is
$$
\boxed{T_{ijkl}
=a\delta_{ij}\delta_{kl}
+b\delta_{ik}\delta_{jl}
+c\delta_{il}\delta_{jk}},
$$
where $a,b,c$ are <scalars>.

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