Extended Lagrangian theory of electromagnetism
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Extended Lagrangian theory of electromagnetism
zbMATH Open document ID: 0709.53021
DOI: 10.1016/0034-4877(89)90005-0
author: Elsie Sterbin Gottlieb
published in: Reports on Mathematical Physics
publication date: 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: A Lagrange space is a differentiable manifold M endowed with a regular Lagrangian L: TM\(\to R\) [see \textit{J. Kern}, Arch Math. 25, 438-443 (1974; Zbl 0297.53035)]. In the present paper, the well-known Lagrangian of relativistic electrodynamics \[ L_ 0(x,y)=\sqrt{a_{ij}(x)y^ iy^ j}+\frac{e}{mc^ 2}A_ i(x)y^ i, \] is replaced in turn by \[ L_ 1(x,y)=a_{ij}(x)y^ iy^ j+\frac{2e}{mc^ 2}A_ i(x)y^ i,\text{ and } L_ 2(x,y)=g_{ij}(x,y)y^ iy^ j+A_ i(x)y^ i+U(x), \] where \(g_{ij}\) is a (0)-homogeneous fundamental metric tensor on M and U is a scalar field on M. The authors define an extended electromagnetic tensor field and obtain some generalized Maxwell equations. The study is based on Finsler geometry and its generalization to Lagrange spaces.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53B40
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53B50
zbMATH DE Number: 4165924
zbMATH Keywords: Lagrange space
zbMATH Keywords: relativistic electrodynamics
zbMATH Keywords: electromagnetic tensor field
zbMATH Keywords: Maxwell equations
reviewed by: Aurel Bejancu
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
full work available at URL: 0034-4877(89)90005-0
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