A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field

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A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field is James Clerk Maxwell’s landmark 1865 paper that mathematically formulated the classical theory of electromagnetism and introduced what are now known as Maxwell’s equations.

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instanceOf physics paper ⓘ
scientific paper ⓘ
author James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ
basedOn Ampère's law ⓘ
linked to: Ampère's force law

Faraday's law of induction ⓘ
Gauss's law for electricity ⓘ
linked to: Gauss’s law

Gauss's law for magnetism ⓘ
centralTheme unification of electricity, magnetism, and optics ⓘ
contains continuity equation for electric charge ⓘ
wave equation for electromagnetic waves ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
datePresented 1864 ⓘ
describes classical theory of electromagnetism ⓘ
field electromagnetism ⓘ
formulated electromagnetic field as a dynamical system ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Maxwell's 1865 electromagnetic field paper ⓘ
hasPageCount over 50 pages ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th-century physics ⓘ
implied finite speed of propagation of electromagnetic interactions ⓘ
speed of light determined by electromagnetic constants ⓘ
influenced classical electrodynamics ⓘ
field theory in physics ⓘ
special relativity ⓘ
introducedConcept Maxwell's equations ⓘ
displacement current ⓘ
introducedQuantity permeability of free space in field equations ⓘ
permittivity of free space in field equations ⓘ
language English ⓘ
numberOfEquations 20 ⓘ
originalFormulationOf Maxwell's equations in component form ⓘ
precedes Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism ⓘ
presentedTo Royal Society of London ⓘ
linked to: Royal Society
proposed electromagnetic waves in vacuum ⓘ
publicationYear 1865 ⓘ
publishedIn Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London ⓘ
publisher Royal Society of London ⓘ
linked to: Royal Society
showed light is an electromagnetic wave ⓘ
status landmark paper in physics ⓘ
subjectOf historical studies in history of science ⓘ
topic electric field ⓘ
electromagnetic induction ⓘ
energy in the electromagnetic field ⓘ
magnetic field ⓘ
mechanical analogy for the electromagnetic field ⓘ
propagation of electromagnetic disturbances ⓘ
usesMathematicalTool vector calculus in component form ⓘ

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On Physical Lines of Force → relatedWork → A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field ⓘ
Yang–Mills theory → generalizationOf → Maxwell theory of electromagnetism ⓘ
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