The conditions for rotational invariance of a Born---von Karman lattice model are re-examined. It is found that the Born---Huang conditions for rotational invariance are necessary but not sufficient. Some additional conditions are obtained which, together with the Born---Huang conditions, constitute a set of necessary and sufficient conditions.
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