On the notion of anisotropy of constitutive laws: Some implications of the “Hodge implies metric” result

Abstract

We argue that, in static situations (magnetostatics, for instance) all materials can be considered as locally isotropic, though not homogeneous. Genuine anisotropy appears only in dynamic situations, e.g., in wave propagation problems.

Citation

Bossavit, A. (2001), "On the notion of anisotropy of constitutive laws: Some implications of the “Hodge implies metric” result", COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, Vol. 20 No. 1, pp. 233-239. https://doi.org/10.1108/03321640110359958