Title :
Electromagnetics made easy: differential forms as a teaching tool
Author :
Warnick, Karl F. ; Selfridge, Richard H. ; Arnold, David V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA
Abstract :
The calculus of differential forms clarifies the relationship between field intensity and flux density and provides intuitive pictures of Ampere´s and Faraday´s laws, the curl operation, the Poynting vector, and boundary conditions. These and other advantages over vector analysis make differential forms an optimal tool for teaching electromagnetics
Keywords :
differentiation; electrical engineering education; teaching; Poynting vector; boundary conditions; curl operation; differential forms; field intensity; flux density; teaching electromagnetics; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Boundary conditions; Calculus; Education; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic field theory; HTML; Physics; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE '96. 26th Annual Conference., Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Salt Lake City, UT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3348-9
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1996.568555
