The rationale for teaching undergraduate electromagnetics partly through the finite element method, is put forward. Properly presented, the finite element method, easily within the ken of the engineering undergraduate, promotes clarity and helps to replace large portions of syllabi devoted to special solution methods, with problems of industrial magnitude and character.
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