Frontiers in electromagnetics

IEEE Press, 2000, 787 pages, ISBN 0-7803-4701-3The topics covered in this book are all relatively new and emerging areas of research in the field of electromagnetics. These topics were carefully selected not only because of their innovative nature, but also because they have the potential to make a significant impact on future directions in electromagnetics research. The chapters are designed to be as self-contained as possible with ample references provided for the benefit of interested readers. Many chapters also contain a brief tutorial intended to acquaint the unfamiliar reader with the mathematical foundations and fundamental concepts which form the basis for the more advanced material that follows.The book contains 18 chapters that are organized into four sections. The first section (Chapters 1-7) addresses recent progress toward combining electromagnetic theory with concepts originating from several branches of mathematics including geometry, topology, and groups. State-of-the-art techniques in electromagnetic optimization and estimation are discussed in the second section of the book (Chapters 8-10). A variety of new developments in analytical and numerical methods for solving electromagnetics problems are considered in sections three (Chapters 11-13) and four (Chapters 14-18), respectively.