Abstract
Depending on the point of view, a field can be thought of as
a scalar or vector function of space,
a volume holding energy,or
a finite or infinite set whose elements are assigned unique values of a certain quantity, for example the point continuum of the Euclidian space, etc.
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Schwab, A.J. (1988). Fundamental Terms of Electric and Magnetic Fields. In: Field Theory Concepts. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48941-9_1
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