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>Not even electromagnetism is a single formula "dF = 0" represents all of Maxwell's (homogeneous) equations in terms of "differential forms". With the right p
by ddxxdd 6y ago
>Not even electromagnetism is a single formula
"dF = 0" represents all of Maxwell's (homogeneous) equations in terms of "differential forms".
With the right pattern recognition, the right definitions, and the right paradigm shift, you can compress multiple equations into a single equation.
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agoWith the right assumptions, ignoring not a few significant details, to a useful order of precision, as long as you don't look too hard. Maxwell's equations are a nice continuous approximation to whatever it is that really happens. But it's not a good idea to confuse the map with the territory.
- ddxxdd 6y agoThis is more akin to lossless compression than the transcription of a territory onto a map.