Standardization of the Principal Electromagnetic Symbols (Normalisation des Principaux Symboles d'Electromagnetisme),

Abstract

Authors dealing with electromagnetism encounter difficulties of notation for quantities or dimensionless numbers related to this field, as the number of small and capital letters in the Greek and Roman alphabets is insufficient to cover the large variety of problems involved without avoiding successive uses of the same symbol in several different meanings. In an attempt to clarify this situation, the document proposes three systems of coordinates: cartesian, circular cylindrical, and spherical; a list of mathematical symbols in current use; a list of units of the rationalized Giorgi MKSA system; and a list of electromagnetic symbols particularly applicable to the study of the ionosphere. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0715488

Entities

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  • De Frigate P. Halley

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  • AGARD

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alphabets
  • Atmosphere (Earth)
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Electromagnetism
  • Ionosphere
  • Notation
  • Standardization

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  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
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