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    Maxwell's equations, or Maxwell–Heaviside equations, are a set of coupled partial differential equations that, together with the Lorentz force law, form...
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    Hertz–Heaviside equations and the Maxwell–Hertz equations, but are now universally known as Maxwell's equations. Heaviside's equations, which are taught in textbooks...
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  • field equations (EFE; also known as Einstein's equations) relate the geometry of spacetime to the distribution of matter within it. The equations were...
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    the fourth Maxwell's equation (4) results in a similar differential equation for a magnetic field solving the homogeneous Maxwell's equations: ∇ 2 B = μ...
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    the electromagnetic field is described by Maxwell's equations and the Lorentz force law. Maxwell's equations detail how the electric field converges towards...
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  • Thumbnail for Covariant formulation of classical electromagnetism
    of writing the laws of classical electromagnetism (in particular, Maxwell's equations and the Lorentz force) in a form that is manifestly invariant under...
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    In physics, Maxwell's equations in curved spacetime govern the dynamics of the electromagnetic field in curved spacetime (where the metric may not be...
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    the bound currents. For the differential equivalent of this equation see Maxwell's equations. Ampere's law leads to the boundary condition ( H 1 ∥ − H 2...
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    complexity of Maxwell's theory down to four partial differential equations, known now collectively as Maxwell's Laws or Maxwell's equations. Although potentials...
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    weber as unit, see Jackson 1999. In particular, for Maxwell's equations, see section 6.11, equation (6.150), page 273, and for the Lorentz force law, see...
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    the particular solutions to Maxwell's equations for any arbitrary distribution of charges and currents. Jefimenko's equations give the electric field E...
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    accordance with Ampère's circuital law (with Maxwell's addition), which, along with Maxwell's other equations, defines the magnetic field, B {\displaystyle...
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    D), charge density (ρ), and current density (J) is described by Maxwell's equations. The role of the magnetization is described below. The magnetization...
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    Maxwell's equations, a set of four partial differential equations which provide a complete description of classical electromagnetic fields. Maxwell's...
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  • Thumbnail for Ampère's circuital law
    modern form of the law, sometimes called the Ampère–Maxwell law, which is one of Maxwell's equations that form the basis of classical electromagnetism....
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    displacement current density is the quantity ∂D/∂t appearing in Maxwell's equations that is defined in terms of the rate of change of D, the electric...
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    from Maxwell's equations and assuming that charges are either fixed or move as a steady current J {\displaystyle \mathbf {J} } , the equations separate...
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  • all plasma particles. The essential difference of this system of equations from equations for particles in an external electromagnetic field is that the...
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    electric motors, generators and solenoids. The Maxwell–Faraday equation (listed as one of Maxwell's equations) describes the fact that a spatially varying...
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    Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", explains how to transform Maxwell's equations. This equation considers two inertial frames. The primed frame is moving...
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  • fundamental physical constant. The electromagnetic wave equation derives from Maxwell's equations. In most older literature, B is called the magnetic flux...
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    two of Maxwell's equations (the inhomogeneous equations) are the ones that describe the dynamics in the potential formulation. Maxwell's equations (potential...
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  • field solvers) are specialized programs that solve (a subset of) Maxwell's equations directly. They form a part of the field of electronic design automation...
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    each system. This means that the equations that express physical laws of electromagnetism—such as Maxwell's equations—will change depending on the system...
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  • established fact from classical electrodynamics, namely the invariance of Maxwell's equations under the interchange of electric and magnetic fields. One of the...
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    they have been known ever since (see Maxwell's equations). Less well known is that Heaviside's equations and Maxwell's are not exactly the same, and in fact...
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    _{0}\mu _{0}={\dfrac {1}{c^{2}}}} is also used. Maxwell's equations can directly give inhomogeneous wave equations for the electric field E and magnetic field...
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    Finite-difference time-domain method (category Numerical differential equations)
    time for each electric and magnetic vector field component in Maxwell's curl equations. The descriptor "Finite-difference time-domain" and its corresponding...
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    the effect is measured), see figure below. The starting point is Maxwell's equations in the potential formulation using the Lorenz gauge: ◻ φ = ρ ϵ 0...
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  • Computational electromagnetics (category Partial differential equations)
    involves using computer programs to compute approximate solutions to Maxwell's equations to calculate antenna performance, electromagnetic compatibility,...
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