Existence, uniqueness, and causality theorems for wave propagation in stratified, temporally dispersive, complex media

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1373-1389

  Rikte, Sten ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bi isotropic; Causality; Chiral; Dispersive

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING; WAVEFRONTS;

CAUSALITY THEOREM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0031258277     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139994279190     Document Type: Article

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