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The Classical Electromagnetic Modes of a Rectangular Resonant Cavity with particular reference to the text Quantum Physics by R. Eisberg and R. Resnick

Classical Physics 2012-07-04 v1

Abstract

Three approaches to the derivation of the classical electromagnetic modes of a rectangular cavity are described. In so doing, some apparent errors in a widely-used physics text are pointed out.

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@article{arxiv.1207.0792,
  title  = {The Classical Electromagnetic Modes of a Rectangular Resonant Cavity with particular reference to the text Quantum Physics by R. Eisberg and R. Resnick},
  author = {W. Zimmermann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.0792},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Submitted to the American Journal of Physics