A general Love solution for the inhomogeneous linear isotropic theory of elasticity with the elastic constants dependent on the coordinate r is proposed. The axisymmetric case is analyzed and cylindrical coordinates are used. This is the fourth publication in the series on general solutions in the inhomogeneous theory of elasticity. The new results are promising for the modern theory of functionally graded materials. The key steps of deriving the Love solutions are described for further use of the derivation procedure. The procedure of generalizing the Love solutions to the inhomogeneous theory of elasticity is detailed. The results obtained are discussed Keywords: linear inhomogeneous isotropic elasticity, radially variable elastic parameters, general Love solution, functionally graded materialIntroduction. Cylindrical objects are surprisingly often found in nature, engineering, and even in the home. A classical natural example is the trunk of a tree (for example, bamboo). A bolt is another example from engineering; people always use something cylindrical in their everyday life, from an ordinary stick, a pencil, a water pipe to a rolling pin. When is service, all these objects are subject to various mechanical loads-they are stretched, compressed, bent, twisted, cut, etc. This is why the mechanics of materials and structures has always put emphasis on cylindrical bodies. Thousands of scientific publications study their mechanical behavior. As a rule, solid or hollow cylinders are assumed homogeneous in mechanical properties. According to real observations, however, cylindrical objects are highly inhomogeneous. Such inhomogeneity is often manifested as radial variation in density and other mechanical properties. It is appropriate to mention bamboo because it is denser and stronger on the outside surface, and its density and mechanical characteristics such as tensile and shear moduli decrease with distance from this surface. Not only natural materials are inhomogeneous, but technologically it seems to make sense to introduce artificially inhomogeneity into materials. The recently formulated and actively developing theory of functionally gradient materials (FGMs) focuses on artificial inhomogeneous materials and is the main consumer of achievements in the analysis of inhomogeneous materials.Remark 1. The following significant publications confirm that the FGM theory is successful and relevant: the pioneering studies [24][25][26]32], the recent review [6] in the world's best survey journal, the two comprehensive monographs [30,35], the typical papers [10,27,28,34] published in 2008.While the mechanics of homogeneous bodies may be considered a well-developed science, the mechanics of inhomogeneous bodies abounds in poorly studied fragments. This is especially true of the analytic mechanics of inhomogeneous bodies that develops rigorous mathematical models leading to differential or integral equations (which are solved by analytic methods).It is one of the fragments mentioned above that is examined here. The present p...