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Boulanger, P.; Hayes, M.A.

 
9780412464607: Bivectors and Waves in Mechanics and Optics: 4 (Applied Mathematics)
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ISBN 10: 0412464608 ISBN 13: 9780412464607
Editorial: Taylor & Francis, 1993

Sinopsis

Bivectors occur naturally in the description of elliptically polarized homogeneous and inhomogeneous plane waves. The description of a homogeneous plane wave generally involves a vector (the unit vector along the propagation direction) and a bivbector (the complex amplitude of the wave). Inhomogeneous plane waves are described in terms of two bivectors - the complex amplitude and the complex slowness. The use of bivectors and their associated ellipses is essential for the presentation of the 'directional ellipse' method given in this book, in deriving all possible inhomogeneous plane wave solutions in a given context. The purpose of this book is to give an extensive treatment of the properties of bivectors and to show how these may be applied to the theory of homogeneous and inhomogeneous plane waves. For each chapter there are exercises with answers, many of which present further useful properties which are referred to afterwards. The material in this book is suitable for senior undergraduate and first year graduate students. It will also prove useful for researchers interested in homogeneous and inhomogeneous plane waves.

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Ph. Boulanger, Department de Mathematique, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. M.A. Hayes, Mathematical Physics Department, University College Dublin, Ireland.

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Editorial
Taylor & Francis
Año de publicación
1993
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0412464608
ISBN 13 
9780412464607
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
296
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Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis
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