Variational formulation of electromagnetic boundary-value problems involving anisotropic media

Presents a variational formulation with specific functionals for general electromagnetic problems involving anisotropic media. Such a formulation provides a foundation for the development of the finite element method for the analysis of such problems. Note that for the sake of clarity and ease of comprehension, we state specific functionals, rather than constructing them from the original boundary-value problems. We present specific functionals and discuss the property of the associated numerical system for the following three cases: (1) lossy problems involving anisotropic media having symmetric permittivity and permeability; (2) lossless problems involving anisotropic media having Hermitian permittivity and permeability; and (3) general problems involving general anisotropic media.