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

A. Lakhtakia; W. S. Weiglhofer

doi:10.1016/0375-9601(96)00121-1

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

A. Lakhtakia
, W. S. Weiglhofer

Engineering Science and Mechanics

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	107-111
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume	213
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(96)00121-1
State	Published - Apr 22 1996

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