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Where are all the gradient and curl operators in the picture of the original manuscript on the page? Or was that notation developed later?
by msravi 11y ago
Where are all the gradient and curl operators in the picture of the original manuscript on the page? Or was that notation developed later?
- twiceaday 11y agoThat notation was standardized 36 years later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_Analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_Analysis
- dboreham 11y agoLong after Maxwell was dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Heaviside https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Heaviside Supposedly they're only known as "Maxwell Equations" now because Einstein began his 1905 paper naming them such. Prior to that they were known by other names. Before even my time though. Frank Yang's talk (and the associated paper, but that's only available behind a paywall) might be of interest to those looking for more background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG343kojbnU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG343kojbnU