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In 1865, James Clerk Maxwell assembled all the known "Laws"
of in their most compact, elegant (differential) form,
shown here in SI units:
GAUSS' LAW FOR ELECTROSTATICS:
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(22.9) |
GAUSS' LAW FOR MAGNETOSTATICS:
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(22.10) |
FARADAY'S LAW:
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(22.11) |
AMPÈRE'S LAW:
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(22.12) |
These four basic equations are known collectively
as MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; they are considered by most Physicists
to be a beautifully concise summary of phenomenology.
Well, actually, a complete description of
also requires two additional laws:
EQUATION OF CONTINUITY:
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(22.13) |
LORENTZ FORCE:
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(22.14) |
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