Vector Calculus Applications in Electricity and Magnetism
Vector Calculus Applications in Electricity and Magnetism
Magnetism.
Application of vector calculus in electric theory and magnetic
theory is immense. George Green who was a pioneer of theory
of vector calculus, in 1828 published privately An Essay on the
Application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of
Electricity and Magnetism which shows the close relationship
of vector calculus with Electricity and magnetism.
1. The study of electrostatics is based primarily on Coulombs
Inverse Square Law which gives the electrostatic force
between two charges. Electrostatic field is a vector which
gives the force acting on an unit charge placed in a vacuum.
For n charges
(v n)A t .
Current J is in this
sense the vector field
associated to the flow of charge. The flux through the
boundary must measure the rate of charge on the inside.
this holds
for very small
regions,
div(B)=0
where B is the magnetic field.
Amperes Law
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3.Dipoles
An electric dipole may be regarded as the limiting case of
two equal and opposite e and e placed at a small distance l
apart, as e
, l
0
In such a way that their product approaches a finite quantity
m.