DEVELOPMENT OF THE METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS FOR A SYSTEM 
OF MAXWELL ELECTRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS

S. M. Bosyakov and M. D. Martynenko

UDC 539.3

Expressions for the velocities of propagation of the discontinuity 
surfaces in a homogeneous anisotropic medium have been obtained and 
equations of bicharacteristics have been derived. Using them, the 
surfaces of inverse velocities and three-dimensional wave fronts of 
electromagnetic waves have been constructed for different values of 
the permittivities and their features have been investigated.

Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus. Translated 
from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 138-144, 
March-April, 2003. Original article submitted October 17, 2002.