Gene Fuller wrote:
A suggestion. Read the IEEE Dictionary definition of "phasor" and report
back to us if you think it is used to specify a direction in real space
rather than phase space in the complex plane.

I know the difference between phasors and vectors, Gene.
Most of my textbooks represent the E and H fields as
phasors, rather than vectors, by applying some logical
boundary conditions to the vectors. The IEEE Dictionary
says the E and H fields are represented as phasors.
You seem to stand completely alone in your insistence
that E and H fields cannot be represented as phasors.
Would you mind providing one iota of proof for that
assertion?

Yes, the complex conjugate adjusts the phase portion of the wave
description. However, it does not impact the real-space vector direction.

Contrary to *all* of my references, you said the Poynting
vector equals E x H* which apparently implies phasors rather
than vectors. Would you care to explain your H* notation
as it applies to real-space vectors? This is my question
which you didn't answer - asked in different words.

Exactly what is the complex conjugate of the vector that
extends from 0,0,0 to 1,2,3?
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com