本书对均化的总体进行了概述，还对均化发展历史以及各向同性的、各向异性和双各向异性材料（线性或非线性）的本质关系进行了简要的介绍；使用二元语言进行了详细地阐述；介绍了线性均质材料的最一般的分类，并在此基础上，建立了解析均质形式的去极化二元和极化率密度二元的数学构造；分别介绍了线性和弱非线性复合材料的均质化形式本身。本书可供物理相关专业的研究生和研究人员阅读使用。

Preface
Acknowledgements
Author biographies
1 Introduction to homogenization
1.1 The notion of a homogenized composite material
1.2 Salient features of homogenization formalisms
1.3 A brief history of homogenization formalisms
1.4 Organization of this book
Bibliography
2 Constitutive dyadics
2.1 Microscopic and macroscopic electromagnetic perspectives
2.2 Constitutive relations
2.3 Frequency domain
2.4 A compact representation
2.5 Dissipative and nondissipative materials
2.6 Linear materials
2.6.1 Isotropic and bi-isotropic materials
2.6.2 Anisotropic and bianisotropic materials
2.7 Nonlinear materials
Bibliography
3 Depolarization dyadics
3.1 Dyadic Green functions
3.1.1 Defining properties
3.1.2 Spectral representation
3.2 Depolarization dyadics
3.2.1 Ellipsoidal region
3.2.2 Spherical region
3.2.3 Cylindrical region
3.3 Polarizability density
Bibliography
4 Homogenization formalisms: linear materials
4.1 Preliminaries
4.1.1 Constituent materials
4.1.2 Homogenized composite materials
4.2 Maxwell Garnett formalism
4.2.1 Formulas
4.2.2 Inverse formalism
4.2.3 Incremental and differential formalisms
4.3 Bruggeman formalism
4.3.1 Formulas
4.3.2 Inverse formalism
4.4 Strong-property-fluctuation theory
4.4.1 Introduction
4.4.2 Lowest-order approximation
4.4.3 Second-order approximation
4.4.4 Third-order approximation
4.5 Extended formalisms
4.5.1 Generalities
4.5.2 An example: isotropic dielectric composite material
4.6 Applications
4.6.1 Realization of anisotropy and bianisotropy
4.6.2 Disk-shaped and needle-shaped particles
4.6.3 Plane-wave phenomena
4.6.4 Inverse homogenization
4.7 Limitations
Bibliography
5 Homogenization formalisms: nonlinear materials
5.1 Preliminaries
5.2 Maxwell Garnett formalism
5.3 Strong-property-fluctuation theory
5.3.1 Isotropic dielectric composite materials
5.3.2 Isotropic chiral composite materials
5.3.3 Anisotropic dielectric composite materials
5.4 Nonlinearity enhancement via homogenization
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6 Epilogue
Bibliography
Appendix A 3×3 Dyadics
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