- Maxwell's equations
... d to show that [[light]] is an [[electromagnetic wave]]. Individually, the equations are known as [[Gauss' law]], [[Gauss' law for magnetism]], [[Faraday's law ...
... for Electromotive Force" and was one of an earlier set of eight Maxwell's equations. See the [[#History|"History"]] section.</ref> are the complete set of law ...
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- Maxwell's equations in curved spacetime
... ctromagnetic fields themselves induce curvature in spacetime, so Maxwell's equations in flat spacetime should be viewed as a convenient approximation.
... equations in [[Minkowski space]] as a special case, rather than Maxwell's equations in curved spacetimes as a generalisation.
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- Covariant formulation of classical electromagnetism
... writing the laws of classical electromagnetism (in particular, [[Maxwell's equations]] and the [[Lorentz force]]) in a form which is "manifestly covariant" (i. ...
== Maxwell's equations ==
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- James Clerk Maxwell
|known_for = [[Maxwell's equations]]</br>[[Maxwell distribution]]</br>[[Maxwell's demon]]</br>[[Maxwell's dis ...
... aws or equations of these disciplines became simplified cases of Maxwell's equations. Maxwell's work in electromagnetism has been called the "''second great un ...
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- A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field
... magnetism]]. It is the paper in which the original set of four [[Maxwell's equations]] first appeared. The concept of [[displacement current]] that he had intr ...
==Maxwell's original equations==
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- Maxwell
* [[Maxwell relation]], a set of equations in thermodynamics
* [[Maxwell's equations]], a set of equations that describe the behavior of electric and magnetic fields
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- Scientific equations named after people
This is a list of '''scientific equations named after people''' (eponymous equations).
| [[Boussinesq equations (water waves)|Boussinesq equations]] || Wave mechanics || [[Joseph Boussinesq]]
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- Differential equation
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... function itself and of its [[derivative]]s of various orders. Differential equations play a prominent role in [[engineering]], [[physics]], [[economics]] and o ...
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- Mathematical descriptions of the electromagnetic field
... e considered together as a coupled electromagnetic field using [[Maxwell's equations]].
... ynamics]] (electromagnetic fields), is governed in a vacuum by [[Maxwell's equations]]:
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- Electromagnetic wave equation
The electromagnetic wave equation derives from [[Maxwell's equations]].
Combining these two equations implies that
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- Lorentz force
... nconservative'' or ''curl'' component (which originates in the [[Maxwell's equations#The Maxwell-Faraday equation|Maxwell-Faraday equation]]). For more details ...
Note that these are [[vector (spatial)|vector]] equations: All the quantities written in [[boldface]] are [[vector (spatial)|vectors ...
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- Einstein field equations
{{General relativity|cTopic=Equations}}
... ld equations''' ('''EFE''') or '''Einstein's equations''' are a set of ten equations in [[Einstein]]'s theory of [[general relativity]] in which the [[fundamen ...
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- List of equations
... s]], [[list of relativistic equations]], [[equation solving]], [[theory of equations]].
==Eponymous equations==
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- Maxwell relations
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- Moving magnet and conductor problem
... the same in all [[inertial frames]].</ref> However, according to Maxwell's equations, the charges in the conductor experience a '''magnetic force''' in the fra ...
... s and cause the current, while electrodynamics as expressed by [[Maxwell's equations]] predicts that the ''fields'' that give rise to these forces transform di ...
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- Exact solutions in general relativity
... a [[Lagrangian]], varying with respect to the field should give the field equations and varying with respect to the metric should give the stress-energy contr ...
... s-energy tensor are added up, the result must satisfy the [[Einstein field equations]] (written here in [[geometrized units]])
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- Electromagnetic radiation
... d a [[Electromagnetic wave equation|wave form of the electric and magnetic equations]], revealing the wave-like nature of electric and magnetic fields, and the ...
According to [[Maxwell's equations]], a time-varying [[electric field]] generates a [[magnetic field]] and '' ...
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- Ampère's circuital law
... the magnetic analogue of [[Gauss's law]], and one of the four [[Maxwell's equations]] that form the basis of [[classical physics|classical]] [[electromagnetis ...
The ''displacement current'' is defined so as to make these equations more transparent. It is defined by
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- Relativity priority dispute
... 916, presents a generally covariant theory of gravitation, including field equations essentially equivalent to those in Einstein's paper" (Corry, Renn and [[Jo ...
... 7}}. This was followed by several attempts of Einstein to find valid field equations for this theory of gravity.
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- Inhomogeneous electromagnetic wave equation
... addition of sources to the wave equations makes the [[partial differential equations]] inhomogeneous.
Maxwell's equations in a vacuum with charge <math> \rho </math> and current <math> \mathbf{ ...
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