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The differential geometric study of electromagnetic fields on manifolds is extended to nonexact and even to nonclosed forms. Duality and variational principles are discussed and minimal coupling is derived.
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- Electromagnetic Field
- Variational Principle
- Fundamental Period
- Harmonic Form
- Minimal Coupling
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Barut, A.O. (1978). Electromagnetic fields on manifolds: Betti numbers, monopoles and strings, minimal coupling. In: Bleuler, K., Reetz, A., Petry, H.R. (eds) Differential Geometrical Methods in Mathematical Physics II. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 676. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0063671
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