Electromagnetic field equations of motion

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The forum discussion focuses on the application of the Laplacian operator in the context of electromagnetic field equations of motion, specifically in the variation of action with respect to the gauge field \( A_{\mu} \). Participants discuss the need to split the integral into three components corresponding to the x, y, and z dimensions, and the implications of the Laplacian acting on the field strength tensor \( F_{\rho\sigma} \). The final expression derived is \( \frac{\delta S}{\delta A_{\mu}}=\int\frac{1}{M^{2}}\left[\partial^{\alpha}A_{\sigma}\frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial x^{2}}(\partial_{\alpha}A^{\sigma}-\partial^{\sigma}A_{\alpha})+\partial^{\alpha}A_{\sigma}\frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial y^{2}}(\partial_{\alpha}A^{\sigma}-\partial^{\sigma}A_{\alpha})+\partial^{\alpha}A_{\sigma}\frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial z^{2}}(\partial_{\alpha}A^{\sigma}-\partial^{\sigma}A_{\alpha})\right].

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1. I'm not quite sure how the laplacian acts on this integral
2. [tex]\frac{\delta S}{\delta A_{\mu}}=\int\frac{\delta}{\delta A_{\mu}}(\frac{1}{4}F_{\rho\sigma}\frac{\triangle}{M^{2}}F^{\rho\sigma})[/tex]
3. I know I have to split the integral into three integrals for x y and z, but I'm not sure if
a) I should write out F in full,
b) If the laplacian only acts on the second F or both, and if so how for each instance

I have got this anyways [tex]=\int\frac{\delta}{\delta A_{\mu}}\frac{1}{4M^{2}}(\partial_{\rho}A_{\sigma}-\partial_{\sigma}A_{\rho})\frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial x^{2}}(\partial^{\rho}A^{\sigma}-\partial^{\sigma}A^{\rho})+\int\frac{\delta}{\delta A_{\mu}}\frac{1}{4M^{2}}(\partial_{\rho}A_{\sigma}-\partial_{\sigma}A_{\rho})\frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial y^{2}}(\partial^{\rho}A^{\sigma}-\partial^{\sigma}A^{\rho})+\int\frac{\delta}{\delta A_{\mu}}\frac{1}{4M^{2}}(\partial_{\rho}A_{\sigma}-\partial_{\sigma}A_{\rho})\frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial z^{2}}(\partial^{\rho}A^{\sigma}-\partial^{\sigma}A^{\rho})[/tex]
 
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4. The answer is \frac{\delta S}{\delta A_{\mu}}=\int\frac{1}{M^{2}}\left[\partial^{\alpha}A_{\sigma}\frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial x^{2}}(\partial_{\alpha}A^{\sigma}-\partial^{\sigma}A_{\alpha})+\partial^{\alpha}A_{\sigma}\frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial y^{2}}(\partial_{\alpha}A^{\sigma}-\partial^{\sigma}A_{\alpha})+\partial^{\alpha}A_{\sigma}\frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial z^{2}}(\partial_{\alpha}A^{\sigma}-\partial^{\sigma}A_{\alpha})\right]
 

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