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quarky2001
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I'm trying to find the time derivative of the following function, where E is a constant, spatially uniform vector field, and B is as well, but B varies with time.
[tex]
\frac{d}{dt}\left(\frac{\vec{E}\times\vec{B}}{B^2}\right)
[/tex]
Remembering that B is time dependent and E is not, I've calculated the derivative of this as (where a dot above the letter indicates a time derivative):
[tex]
\frac{1}{B^4}\left[B^2(\vec{E}\times\dot{\vec{B}})-2B\dot{B}(\vec{E}\times\vec{B})\right]
[/tex]
Can anyone tell me if this is correct?
[tex]
\frac{d}{dt}\left(\frac{\vec{E}\times\vec{B}}{B^2}\right)
[/tex]
Remembering that B is time dependent and E is not, I've calculated the derivative of this as (where a dot above the letter indicates a time derivative):
[tex]
\frac{1}{B^4}\left[B^2(\vec{E}\times\dot{\vec{B}})-2B\dot{B}(\vec{E}\times\vec{B})\right]
[/tex]
Can anyone tell me if this is correct?