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+# van-der-pauw
+find the sheet resistance Rs from R1 = R_AB,CD and R2 = R_BC,AD the solution is from the equation in a paper L. J. van der Pauw "A method of measuring the resistivity and hall coefficients of Lamellae of arbitrary shape", Philips Technical Review, Vol 26, 220.