Abstract
Maxwell’s theory of electrodynamics describes electromagnetic fields in terms of the space and time variations of electromagnetic field components. In most treatises on electrodynamics, this theory is derived in a more-or-less inductive way starting from static situations, although there are notable exceptions: In Sommerfeld’s well-known books on theoretical physics, electrodynamics starts right awav with the full set of Maxwell’s equations.
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Rohlfs, K., Wilson, T.L. (2004). Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Fundamentals. In: Tools of Radio Astronomy. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05394-2_2
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