Differential Forms in Electromagnetics

1 Multivectors.

1.1 The Grassmann algebra.

1.2 Vectors and dual vectors.

1.3 Bivectors.

1.4 Multivectors.

1.5 Geometric interpretation.

2 Dyadic Algebra.

2.1 Products of dyadics.

2.2 Dyadic identities.

2.3 Eigenproblems.

2.4 Inverse dyadic.

2.5 Metric dyadics.

2.6 Hodge dyadics.

3 Differential Forms.

3.1 Differentiation.

3.2 Differentiation theorems.

3.3 Integration.

3.4 Affine transformations.

4 Electromagnetic Fields and Sources.

4.1 Basic electromagnetic quantities.

4.2 Maxwell equations in three dimensions.

4.3 Maxwell equations in four dimensions.

4.4 Transformations.

4.5 Super forms.

5 Medium, Boundary, and Power Conditions.

5.1 Medium conditions.

5.2 Conditions on boundaries and interfaces.

5.3 Power conditions.

5.4 The Lorentz force law.

5.5 Stress dyadic.

6 Theorems and Transformations.

6.1 Duality transformation.

6.2 Reciprocity.

6.3 Equivalence of sources.

7 Electromagnetic Waves.

7.1 Wave equation for potentials.

7.2 Wave equation for fields.

7.3 Plane waves.

7.4 TE and TM polarized waves.

7.5 Green functions.

References.

Appendix A: Multivector and Dyadic Identities.

Appendix B: Solutions to Selected Problems.

Index.

About the Author.