Electromagnetic field theory without divergence problems 1. The born legacy

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 1057-1122

  Kiessling, Michael K H ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

determinism: Maxwell Born Infeld field equations; electromagnetism: electromagnetic fields; Hamilton Jacobi law of motion; Pauli principle; permutability: configuration space; point charges; spacetime: special and general relativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344661816     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOSS.0000037250.72634.2a     Document Type: Review

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