Matrix-differential-operator approach to the Maxwell equations and the Dirac equation. (English) Zbl 1165.35050
Author’s abstract: We use matrix-differential-operators and Fourier expansion to solve the Maxwell equations and the free Dirac equation for any given initial conditions.
Reviewer: Aleksander Pankov (Baltimore)
MSC:
| 35Q60 | PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory |
| 35Q75 | PDEs in connection with relativity and gravitational theory |
| 15A24 | Matrix equations and identities |
Keywords:
Matrix differential operators; Fourier expansion; Maxwell equations; free Dirac equations; initial-value problemReferences:
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