A Maxwell equation. Commuting time and spatial derivatives.

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May 14, 2022

LagrangeEuler

When we can use relation?
\mbox{curl}(-\frac{\partial \vec{B}}{\partial t})=-\frac{\partial}{\partial t}\mbox{curl}\vec{B}

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The partial derivatives of any field commute if all 2nd partial derivatives are continuous functions.

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