Department of Physics and Astronomy: Publications and Other Research
Date of this Version
January 1962
Abstract
The use of the magnetic pole in the development of the concepts of electricity and magnetism leads unambiguously to a relativistic formulation of the field vectors which is well within the grasp of the sophomore student. The development is wholly consistent with Maxwell's equations and leads to clear and understandable definitions of the field vectors both in vacuum and in the material medium, as well as to the relations defining the transformations of the field vectors.
Comments
Published in American Journal of Physics 30:1 (January 1962), pp. 41-44 . Copyright © 1962 American Association of Physics Teachers. Used by permission.