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Revisiting Quaternion Dual Electrodynamics

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Dual electrodynamics and corresponding Maxwell’s equations (in the presence of monopole only) are revisited from dual symmetry and accordingly the quaternionic reformulation of field equations and equation of motion is developed in simple, compact and consistent manner.

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  1. Department of Physics, Kumaun University, S.S.J. Campus, Almora, 263601, India

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  2. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, KITP Building Room No. 6304, Hai Dian Qu Zhong Guan Chun Dong Lu 55 Hao, Beijing, 100080, People’s Republic of China

    O. P. S. Negi

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Bisht, P.S., Negi, O.P.S. Revisiting Quaternion Dual Electrodynamics. Int J Theor Phys 47, 3108–3120 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-008-9744-8

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