• DocumentCode
    760089
  • Title

    Elementary Introduction to Electrodynamics

  • Author

    Bevc, V.

  • Author_Institution
    Elec. Engrg. Dept., University of California, Berkeley, Calif.
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1959
  • Firstpage
    124
  • Lastpage
    128
  • Abstract
    Objectionable examples of time-varying electromagnetic fields occurring in elementary textbooks are pointed out and the difficulties arising in connection with them are discussed. The interdependence of spatial and time variations of the electromagnetic fields is recalled. As an illustration, two simple examples are given to show how the variation of fields with time is automatically determined by the wave equation and initial spatial distribution. It is suggested that only fields which satisfy the wave equation be used in textbooks.
  • Keywords
    Circuit theory; Differential equations; Electrodynamics; Electromagnetic fields; Integral equations; Knowledge engineering; Magnetic fields; Maxwell equations; Partial differential equations; Time varying systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Education, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0893-7141
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TE.1959.4322103
  • Filename
    4322103