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The theoretical foundations of quantum mechanics and de Broglie--Bohm mechanics are analyzed and it is shown that both theories employ a formal approach to microphysics. By using a realistic approach it can be established that the internal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 W. A. Hofer

The usual action integral of classical electrodynamics is derived starting from Lanczos's electrodynamics -- a pure field theory in which charged particles are identified with singularities of the homogeneous Maxwell's equations interpreted…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Andre Gsponer , Jean-Pierre Hurni

This paper offers an informal instructive introduction to some of the main notions of geometric continuum mechanics for the case of smooth fields. We use a metric invariant stress theory of continuum mechanics to formulate a simple…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-12-14 Reuven Segev

In our previous article Phys. Rev. Lett. 127 (2021) 271601, we announced a novel 'democratic' Lagrangian formulation of general nonlinear electrodynamics in four dimensions that features electric and magnetic potentials on equal footing.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-08-11 Zhirayr Avetisyan , Oleg Evnin , Karapet Mkrtchyan

A 3-dimensional graph-manifold is composed from simple blocks which are products of compact surfaces with boundary by the circle. Its global structure may be as complicated as one likes and is described by a graph which might be an…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergei Buyalo

Taking into account the recent developments associated with duality in physics, this article is focused on investigating the properties of a tensor generalization of the electrodynamics dual to the standard vector model even considering the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-03-19 G. B. de Gracia , B. M. Pimentel

Complexes and cohomology, traditionally central to topology, have emerged as fundamental tools across applied mathematics and the sciences. This survey explores their roles in diverse areas, from partial differential equations and continuum…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Kaibo Hu

This paper shows how to write Maxwell's Equations in Hamilton's Quaternions. The fact that the quaternion product is non-commuting leads to distinct left and right derivatives which must both be included in the theory. A new field component…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter Michael Jack

A simple translation between a standard representation of $\mathfrak{sl}_2\mathbb{C}$ and the complex-quaternions ($\mathbb{H}\otimes_\mathbb{R}\mathbb{C}$) is established and exploited to construct a novel hyper-complex description of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 James Henry Atwater , David Lambert , Yuri Rostovtsev

A new kinetic instability which results in formation of charge density waves is proposed. The instability is of a purely classical nature. A spatial period of arising space-charge and field configuration is inversely proportional to…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 V. Yu. Kachorovskii , I. S. Lioublinskii , L. D. Tsendin

The structure of classical electrodynamics based on the variational principle together with causality and space-time homogeneity is analyzed. It is proved that in this case the 4-potentials are defined uniquely. On the other hand, the…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Comay

Existence of a complex structure on the $6$ dimensional sphere is proved in this paper. The proof is based on re-interpreting a hypothetical complex structure as a classical ground state of a Yang--Mills--Higgs-like theory on $S^6$. This…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-09-09 Gabor Etesi

A role of the exterior differential forms in field theory is connected with a fact that they reflect properties of the conservation laws. In field theory a role of the closed exterior forms is well known. A condition of closure of the form…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. I. Petrova

Expectation values of the electromagnetic field and the electric current are introduced at space-time resolution which belongs to the quantum domain. These allow us to approach some key features of classical electrodynamics from the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-09-17 Mathieu Planat , Janos Polonyi

The problems of Classical Electrodynamics with the electron equation of motion and with non-integrable singularity of its self-field stress tensor are well known. They are consequences, we show, of neglecting terms that are null off the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Manoelito M. de Souza

In this work we investigate the presence of electrically charged structures that are localized in two and three spatial dimensions. We use the Maxwell-scalar Lagrangian to describe several systems with distinct interactions for the scalar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-21 D. Bazeia , M. A. Marques , M. Paganelly

Electrical double layer (EDL) is formed when an electrode is in contact with an electrolyte solution, and is widely used in biophysics, electrochemistry, polymer solution and energy storage. Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) coupled equations provides…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-02 Cherq Chua , Chun Yun Kee , L. K. Ang , Yee Sin Ang

This paper is a critical study of non-standard Maxwellian electrodynamics. It explores two important topics: the inclusion of both magnetic and electric charge to produce what it calls Extended Electrodynamics, and the existence of a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-03-15 Oliver Davis Johns

Skew-symmetric differential forms play an unique role in mathematics and mathematical physics. This relates to the fact that closed exterior skew-symmetric differential forms are invariants. The concept of "Exterior differential forms" was…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2009-01-14 L. I. Petrova

Continuum electrodynamics is an axiomatic formal theory based on the macroscopic Maxwell equations and the constitutive relations. We apply the formal theory to a thermodynamically closed system consisting of an antireflection coated block…

Optics · Physics 2015-09-18 Michael E. Crenshaw