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A modern introduction to classical electrodynamics / Michele Maggiore.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford master series in statistical, computational and theoretical physicsPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2023.]Copyright date: ©2023Description: xv, 435 páginas : ilustraciones ; 25 cmContent type:
  • texto
Media type:
  • sin medio
Carrier type:
  • volumen
ISBN:
  • 9780192867438
  • 9780192867421
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QC 680 M33 2023
Summary: "A Modern Introduction to Classical Electrodynamics is suitable for undergraduate students that already had a first exposure to the subject and for graduate students, while more advanced parts makes it a useful resource for PhD students and researchers. The book takes a `top-down' approach, starting from Maxwell's equations in vacuum and developing systematically and in a logically coherent manner their consequences. Much emphasis is put on the formal structure of the theory. Starting from Maxwell's equations in vacuum, the central role of gauge invariance and of Special Relativity is emphasised from the beginning. After introductory chapters where are rederived elementary results of electrostatics and magnetostatics, and the multipole expansion, Special Relativity is introduced and most of the subsequent derivations are performed using the covariant formalism and the gauge potentials, allowing for greater conceptual and technical clarity, compared to more traditional treatments. All derivations are performed in great detail. The text also includes advanced topics, such as the field-theoretical treatment of classical electrodynamics or a modern treatment of radiation reaction"-- Proporcionado por el editor.
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"A Modern Introduction to Classical Electrodynamics is suitable for undergraduate students that already had a first exposure to the subject and for graduate students, while more advanced parts makes it a useful resource for PhD students and researchers. The book takes a `top-down' approach, starting from Maxwell's equations in vacuum and developing systematically and in a logically coherent manner their consequences. Much emphasis is put on the formal structure of the theory. Starting from Maxwell's equations in vacuum, the central role of gauge invariance and of Special Relativity is emphasised from the beginning. After introductory chapters where are rederived elementary results of electrostatics and magnetostatics, and the multipole expansion, Special Relativity is introduced and most of the subsequent derivations are performed using the covariant formalism and the gauge potentials, allowing for greater conceptual and technical clarity, compared to more traditional treatments. All derivations are performed in great detail. The text also includes advanced topics, such as the field-theoretical treatment of classical electrodynamics or a modern treatment of radiation reaction"-- Proporcionado por el editor.

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