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Overview
In Differential Forms in Electromagnetics Ismo Lindell replaces classical Gibbsian vector calculus with the mathematical formalism of differential forms. Physicists have long applied this technique to various areas of theoretical analysis but so far electrical engineers have avoided its use except for geometric visualization of basic electromagnetic laws.This book lowers the step from Gibbsian analysis to differential forms as much as possible by simplifying the notation and adding memory aids. Algebraic tools corresponding to the dyadics of Gibbsian analysis have long been missing from the formalism and they are now introduced to differential forms for the first time. This allows Dr. Lindell to treat problems of general linear electromagnetic media of engineering interest instead of only simple vacuum problems; an area of intense interest for those involved in research on metamaterials.