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In my derivation of Maxwell's 4th equation from the empirical Biot Savart law, for a static electric field, I have that the curl of B is equal to the magnetic permeability times the current density.
Now, the source coordinates (i. the circuit) are given by R_1 ( R is a vector). The field coordinates, that is, a point outside the circuit at which the field is measured, are given by R_2. As stated above, the curl of B is equal to the magnetic permeability times the current density, but this current density is evaluated at R_2.
This is of course zero. So this means that the curl of B is zero everywhere except on the circuit itself (in the wires). Am I correct? The derivation is the one I was thought in my Electromagnetism class, so I don't doubt it is correct.
Could someone perhaps expand on this for me. Am I correct?
Now, the source coordinates (i. the circuit) are given by R_1 ( R is a vector). The field coordinates, that is, a point outside the circuit at which the field is measured, are given by R_2. As stated above, the curl of B is equal to the magnetic permeability times the current density, but this current density is evaluated at R_2.
This is of course zero. So this means that the curl of B is zero everywhere except on the circuit itself (in the wires). Am I correct? The derivation is the one I was thought in my Electromagnetism class, so I don't doubt it is correct.
Could someone perhaps expand on this for me. Am I correct?