文摘
Beltrami–Schaefer stress functions are general solutions of the equilibrium equations of an elastic body without body force. In this paper, the representation of the non-uniqueness of these solutions is deduced by converting the equations into operator matrix form—including an operator matrix and its generalized inverse—and then deriving the representation using linear algebra. The completeness of the representation is proved in the process. In addition, the non-uniqueness of Helmholtz’s decomposition of a vector is proved.