Understanding geometric algebra for electromagnetic theory.
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
zbMATH Open document ID: 1257.78002
DOI: 10.1002/9781118078549
author: John W. Arthur
publication date: 2012-07-09T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 78-02
zbMATH DE Number: 6053756
zbMATH Keywords: geometric algebra
zbMATH Keywords: electromagnetic theory
zbMATH Keywords: spacetime approach
zbMATH Keywords: mathematical software
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118078549
OpenAlex ID: W2504169286
title: Understanding geometric algebra for electromagnetic theory.
review text: This book promotes the understanding of geometric algebra as a straightforward mathematical toolset for both working with and appreciating the fundamentals of electromagnetic theory. The text introduces new ideas gradually and goes into considerable detail in giving explanations and working out equations. After an introduction to geometric algebra, the book shows how to apply it to some basic concepts. Then the essential toolset is developed, allowing for the application of geometric algebra more generally. Through geometric algebra, the reader will discover how to tackle the electromagnetic theory of moving charges in a systematic yet uncomplicated way. In later chapters, the book provides a self-contained primer on the spacetime approach that seeks to avoid the usual conceptual difficulties of special relativity.NEWLINENEWLINE This book will benefit scientists and engineers who use electromagnetic theory in the course of their work.
reviewed by: Agneta M. Balint
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6053756