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Foundations of Classical Electrodynamics

Part of the book series: Progress in Mathematical Physics ((PMP,volume 33))

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In this book we display the structure underlying classical electrodynamics. For this purpose we formulate six axioms: conservation of electriccharge(first axiom), existence of the Lorentzforce(second axiom), conservation of magneticflux(third axiom), localenergy-momentumdistribution (fourth axiom), existence of an electromagneticspace timerelation (fifth axiom), and finally, the splitting of the electric current into material and external pieces (sixth axiom).

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  1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50923, Germany

    Friedrich W. Hehl & Yuri N. Obukhov

  2. Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA

    Friedrich W. Hehl

  3. Department of Theoretical Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 117234, Russia

    Yuri N. Obukhov

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Hehl, F.W., Obukhov, Y.N. (2003). Introduction. In: Foundations of Classical Electrodynamics. Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol 33. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0051-2_1

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