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The integral formulation of Maxwell's equations expressed in terms of an arbitrary observer family in a curved spacetime is developed and used to clarify the meaning of the lines of force associated with observer-dependent electric and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 D. Bini , C. Germani , R. T. Jantzen

In this paper, we discuss the Maxwell equations in terms of differential forms, both in the 3-dimensional space and in the 4-dimensional space-time manifold. Further, we view the classical electrodynamics as the curvature of a line bundle,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-12-06 Shenghua Du , Cheng Hao , Yueke Hu , Yuming Hui , Quan Shi , Li Wang , Yuqing Wu

A framework based on an extension of Kaluza's original idea of using a five dimensional space to unify gravity with electromagnetism is used to analyze Maxwell\'{}s field equations. The extension consists in the use of a six dimensional…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-16 Ana Laura García-Perciante , Alfredo Sandoval-Villalbazo , L. S. García Colín

Complex formalism of Riemann - Silberstein - Majorana - Oppenheimer in Maxwell electrodynamics is extended to the case of arbitrary pseudo-Riemannian space - time in accordance with the tetrad recipe of Tetrode - Weyl - Fock - Ivanenko. In…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-09-28 A. A. Bogush , G. G. Krylov , E. M. Ovsiyuk , V. M. Red'kov

In the recent work~\cite{Wang:2021p2}, the author proposed the expanded Maxwell's equations for moving charged media system, which seems subtle. Considering a very short time, we can approximately define the inertial frame of reference. If…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-02-15 Chuang Li , Junle Pei , Tianjun Li

A self-consistent extended Einstein-Maxwell model for relativistic non-stationary polarizable-magnetizable anisotropic media is presented. Based on the analogy with relativistic extended irreversible (transient) thermodynamics, the extended…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 A. B. Balakin

Maxwell's equations describe the relation of charge and electric force almost perfectly even though electrons and permanent charge were not in his equations, as he wrote them. For Maxwell, all charge depended on electric field. Charge was…

Classical Physics · Physics 2020-03-03 Robert S. Eisenberg

The paper formulates Maxwell's equations in 4-dimensional Euclidean space by embedding the electromagnetic vector potential in the frame vector $g_0$. Relativistic electrodynamics is the first problem tackled; in spite of using a geometry…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jose B. Almeida

The Minkowski's theory is regarded as the classical approach for describing the electromagnetism of uniformly moving objects by elegantly utilizing the format-invariance of the Maxwell's equations in inertia reference frames under Lorentz…

General Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Zhong Lin Wang

A matrix basis formulation is introduced to represent the 3 x 3 dyadic Green's functions in the frequency domain for the Maxwell's equations and the elastic wave equation in layered media. The formulation can be used to decompose the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-08-04 Wenzhong Zhang , Bo Wang , Wei Cai

The aim of this article is to investigate the well-posedness, stability and convergence of solutions to the time-dependent Maxwell's equations for electric field in conductive media in continuous and discrete settings. The situation we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-21 Eric Lindström , Larisa Beilina

In this paper we consider an abstract Cauchy problem for a Maxwell system modelling electromagnetic fields in the presence of an interface between optical media. The electric polarization is in general time-delayed and nonlinear, turning…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-11-21 Tomáš Dohnal , Mathias Ionescu-Tira , Marcus Waurick

This paper provides a view of Maxwell's equations from the perspective of complex variables. The study is made through complex differential forms and the Hodge star operator in $\mathbb{C}^2$ with respect to the Euclidean and the Minkowski…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-26 Sachin Munshi , Rongwei Yang

In Maxwell's classical theory of electrodynamics the fields are frequently expressed by potentials in order to facilitate the solution of the first order system of equations. This method obscures, however, that there exists an inconsistency…

General Physics · Physics 2016-10-04 Wolfgang Engelhardt

In the recent decades, it became more and more popular for engineers, physicists, and mathematicians alike to put the Maxwell equations into a generally covariant form. This is particularly useful for understanding the fundamental structure…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-03-29 Friedrich W. Hehl , Yakov Itin , Yuri N. Obukhov

We develop a finite volume method for Maxwell's equations in materials whose electromagnetic properties vary in space and time. We investigate both conservative and non-conservative numerical formulations. High-order methods accurately…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-07-25 Damian P. San Roman Alerigi , David I. Ketcheson , Boon S. Ooi

We review Maxwell's equations and constitutive relations for 3D bianisotropic media in a generalized form: we consider all four variables and allow for nonzero polarization or magnetization, and also nonzero nonzero magnetic charge or…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-12-23 Tharindu Fernando , Martin Licht , Michael Holst

Mathematical proofs are presented concerning the existence of solutions of the Maxwell equations with suitable boundary conditions. In particular it is stated that the well known "delayed potentials" provide effective solutions of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-05-13 Luigi Corgnier

Very little previous literature has considered the *exact* solution to Maxwell's equations for an infinite ideal cylindrical solenoid with an arbitrary time-dependent azimuthal surface current $K(t) \hat{\bf \phi}$. Most of the previous…

Classical Physics · Physics 2024-04-04 Edward Parker

We take the Gauss' linking integral of two curves as a starting point to discuss the connection between the equation of continuity and the inhomogeneous Maxwell equations. Gauss' formula has been discussed before, as being derivable from…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. De Zela