Lorentz covariance, Occam's razor, and a constraint on linear constitutive relations

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 213, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 107-111

  Lakhtakia, A ^a   Weiglhofer, W S ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORIES; LINEAR CONSTITUTIVE RELATION; LINEAR MEDIA; LORENTZ COVARIANCES; NONLOCAL; OCCAM'S RAZOR;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 0000579627     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0375-9601(96)00121-1     Document Type: Article

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