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Article #4631Lecture on Maxwell's Equations
From: frisinv
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:42
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:42
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As part of a project on creativity in math, I am giving a short lecture on Maxwell's equations to a group of college freshmen who have not had extensive math and physics (everyone has had calc 1 and highschool physics w/o calc). I can handle explaining the equations themselves in words IF I use the integral forms. However, I also want to show the derivation of E-M waves from them, a messy process. Does anyone have an idea or two on how to do this in a comprehensible way? The idea isn't to teach the class electomagnetic theory, just to give them a general idea of Maxwell's equations and why light is a form of E-M wave. Email frisinv@alleg.edu with any ideas. Vincent Frisina --
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Newsgroups: sci.physics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!mrccrc!doc.ic.ac.uk!agate!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!pellns.alleg.edu!news From: frisinv@alleg.edu Subject: Lecture on Maxwell's Equations Message-ID: <1992Nov10.194213.22410@pellns.alleg.edu> Sender: news@pellns.alleg.edu Organization: Allegheny College Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:42:13 GMT Lines: 14