TY - JOUR
T1 - Lorentz covariance, Occam's razor, and a constraint on linear constitutive relations
AU - Lakhtakia, A.
AU - Weiglhofer, W. S.
PY - 1996/4/22
Y1 - 1996/4/22
N2 - The constitutive relations of a spatially and temporally non-local linear medium are shown to be constrained by the structure of modern electromagnetic theory. A constraint reflecting this fact is derived by resorting to the Lorentz covariance of the Maxwell postulates as well as by using Occam's razor to arrive at a parsimonious description of general linear media.
AB - The constitutive relations of a spatially and temporally non-local linear medium are shown to be constrained by the structure of modern electromagnetic theory. A constraint reflecting this fact is derived by resorting to the Lorentz covariance of the Maxwell postulates as well as by using Occam's razor to arrive at a parsimonious description of general linear media.
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U2 - 10.1016/0375-9601(96)00121-1
DO - 10.1016/0375-9601(96)00121-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000579627
VL - 213
SP - 107
EP - 111
JO - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
SN - 0375-9601
IS - 3-4
ER -