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Yeah, I agree with you on this one. It's kind of easy once you understand it, but it took Maxwell to figure it out. I might not have figured that out in ten cen
by 7thaccount 2y ago
Yeah, I agree with you on this one. It's kind of easy once you understand it, but it took Maxwell to figure it out. I might not have figured that out in ten centuries by myself lol.
- ijustlovemath 2y agoI definitely think it takes a Maxwell to describe the physics behind displacement current (which I think was not around in Maxwell's initial drafts), but the derivations of the four classic Maxwell equations are fairly straightforward multivariable calculus problems that start with fairly simple assumptions. Multivariable calculus was relatively young in his era, but I think a motivated student from the current era could discover it given a summer of thought experimentation. See for yourself: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AWI70HXrbG0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AWI70HXrbG0 If you want some true genius, behold the shear terror of the near field of a dipole antenna. All shall view her and despair.
- ijustlovemath 2y agoFor those interested, see slide 4 of section 7: Hertzian dipoles https://courses.grainger.illinois.edu/ece350/ece350lecture_notes_ver2024.pdf https://courses.grainger.illinois.edu/ece350/ece350lecture_n...