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Legion81
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I'm not understanding something here. Maxwell's wave equation is:
Laplacian of E = (1/c^2) * second partial of E
(sorry, I don't know how to write symbols)
But the second partial derivative is the Laplacian. So how can you scale the laplacian of E by a number and get the laplacian of E as a result? Is there some fundamental rule of EM that allows this? What is physically happening? Thanks in advance.
Laplacian of E = (1/c^2) * second partial of E
(sorry, I don't know how to write symbols)
But the second partial derivative is the Laplacian. So how can you scale the laplacian of E by a number and get the laplacian of E as a result? Is there some fundamental rule of EM that allows this? What is physically happening? Thanks in advance.