What is the tensor type for Green Lagrange strain tensor and 2nd 2nd piola kirchhoff tensor?

Stress and strain are called 2nd order tensor because they follow the transformation rule: sigma`= R * sigma * R' where R is transformation matrix.

Deformation gradient, rotation matrix and 1st piola kirchhoff are called two point tensor because they relate two configuration. For example deformation gradient is: F(iJ) = xi * XJ where * is dyadic or tensor product and XJ and xi are the element before and after deformation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-point_tensor

What about Green Lagrange strain tensor and 2nd piola kirchhoff tensor?

which they do not change with element rotation

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