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Maxwell Equations, Lorentz Force and Coulumb Force
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[QUOTE="PeroK, post: 6490447, member: 493650"] Maxwell's equations describe the relationship between charges and the electric and magnetic fields: [U]Charges define the electric and magnetic fields.[/U] The Lorentz force (of which Coulomb's law is a special case) describes how charges move in the presence of electric and magnetic fields: [U]Electric and magnetic fields tell charges how to move.[/U] Logically, you need both. It's an interesting question, perhaps, of how little you need to assume about the Lorentz force in order to derive the precise format from Maxwell's equations. For example: [URL]https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0206022[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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