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Maxwell's Equations

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Maxwell's Equations describe how electric and magnetic fields behave, and how they're related to each other. At least, that's the information they contain (they're a bit cryptic though). They are the following four equations:

∇·E=ρ
∇×B=(1/c)j + (1/c)(∂E/∂t)
∇·B=0
∇×E=-(1/c)(∂B/∂t)

where ρ is charge density, j is current density, E is the electric field and B is the magnetic field (a.k.a. magnetic flux density).


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