The general magneto-static model and Maxwell-Stokes system with topological parameters (Q2208468)

The author considers the equations of electromagnetism in a bounded, possibly multiply connected domain of \({\mathbb{R}}^3\) with a smooth boundary under the assumption that both the magnetic field intensity and the electric current depend nonlinearly upon the magnetic induction. In order to prove the existence of weak solutions with various boundary conditions in the multiply connected setting of the domain, the author represents the magnetic induction as a sum of the curl of a vector potential (the unknown of the problem) and of an extra term and adds another extra term to the electric current. The author also discusses the role of such extra terms, that are said to be topological parameters.