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Differential forms for plasma physics

Plasma Physics 2020-01-29 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Differential forms provide a coordinate-free way to express many quantities and relations in mathematical physics. In particular, they are useful in plasma physics. This tutorial gives a guide so that you can read the plasma physics literature that uses them and apply them yourself.

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@article{arxiv.1912.11150,
  title  = {Differential forms for plasma physics},
  author = {Robert S. MacKay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.11150},
  year   = {2020}
}