Abstract
For a linear system, steady-state response to sinusoidal stress cannot have a unique dynamic modulus and phase shift, but these quantities must be related to rate of creep; particularly they cannot be independent of external frequency. A proof is given that such linear system is always equivalent to a viscoelastic system. Finally the discrepancy between the relations deduced and experimental results of various authors is pointed out and discussed.

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