• DocumentCode
    1001519
  • Title

    The Maxwell´s equations in the sense of distributions

  • Author

    Idemen, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Univ. of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey and Marmara Research Institute, Gebze, Turkey
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1973
  • fDate
    9/1/1973 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    736
  • Lastpage
    738
  • Abstract
    It is well known that there is no direct one-to-one correspondence between the electromagnetic theory based on the physical laws and that based on the Maxwell´s differential equations. For example, in order to derive the boundary conditions from the Maxwell´s differential equations, one assumes that some integral identities derived from them are valid even when the field components (or material parameters) are discontinuous. This assumption violates, in a sense, the completeness of the theory of electromagnetism based on the Maxwell´s differential equations. We will prove that if one postulates that the Maxwell´s equations are valid in the sense of distributions, then this incompleteness will be removed and the boundary conditions will appear implicitly in the basic differential equations.
  • Keywords
    Electromagnetic analysis; Generalized functions; Backscatter; Electromagnetic scattering; Integral equations; Maxwell equations; Polarization; Radar scattering; Rough surfaces; Sea surface; Surface roughness; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1973.1140572
  • Filename
    1140572