Week 3 Maxwell Equations 2

Question 1

what are time independent forms of the Maxwell Equations

Answer 1

∇*E = ρ/ε0
∇xE = 0
∇*B = 0
∇xB = μ0j

Question 2

what do the time independent maxwell equations suggest

Answer 2

the electricity and magnetism parts are decoupled

Question 3

what do the time independent maxwell equations tells us about electric and magnetic fields

Answer 3

electric fields terminate at point charges

there are no magnetic monopoles

Question 4

what is true of the vector magnetic potential

Answer 4

it is not a unique solution

Question 5

what are the potential time independent equations

Answer 5

∇^2(Φ) = -ρ/ε0
∇^2(A) = -μ0j

Question 6

what can be said about coulomb and maxwell

Answer 6

Coulomb’s law is a consequence of Maxwell’s equations with the time independence limit