A New Look on the Electromagnetic Duality. Suggestions and Developments
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In this paper a new look on the electro-magnetic duality is presented and appropriately exploited. The duality analysis in the nonrelativistic and relativistic formulations is shown to lead to the idea the mathematical model field to be a differential form valued in the 2-dimensional vector space ${\cal R}^2$. A full ${\cal R}^2$ covariance is achieved through introducing explicitly the canonical complex structure ${\cal I}$ of ${\cal R}^2$ in the nonrelativistic equations. The connection of the relativistic Hodge * with ${\cal I}$ is shown and a complete coordinate free relativistic form of the equations and the conservative quantities is obtained. The duality symmetry is interpreted as invariance of the conservative quantities and conservation equations.
Latex, 14 pages, no figures
Latex, 14 pages, no figures