Abstract
Inside matter, a general electromagnetic field is determined by two 2-forms H and G, that is to say by two skew symmetric tensor fields of order 2. The tensor H is called here, the electric field-magnetic induction tensor and the tensor G the electric induction-magnetic field tensor.
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Lichnerowicz, A. (1994). The Equations of Magnetohydrodynamics. In: Magnetohydrodynamics: Waves and Shock Waves in Curved Space-Time. Mathematical Physics Studies, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2126-4_6
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