In mathematics, a field is a set on which addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are defined and behave as the corresponding operations on rational and real numbers do. A field is thus a fundamental algebraic structure which is widely used in algebra, number theory, and many other areas of mathematics.
The best known fields are the field of rational numbers, the field of real numbers and the field of complex numbers. Many other fields, such as fields of rational functions, algebraic function fields, algebraic number fields, and p-adic fields are commonly used and studied in mathematics, particularly in number theory and algebraic geometry. Most cryptographic protocols rely on finite fields, i.e., fields with finitely many elements.
The relation of two fields is expressed by the notion of a field extension. Galois theory, initiated by Évariste Galois in the 1830s, is devoted to understanding the symmetries of field extensions. Among other results, this theory shows that angle trisection and squaring the circle cannot be done with a compass and straightedge. Moreover, it shows that quintic equations are, in general, algebraically unsolvable.
Fields serve as foundational notions in several mathematical domains. This includes different branches of mathematical analysis, which are based on fields with additional structure. Basic theorems in analysis hinge on the structural properties of the field of real numbers. Most importantly for algebraic purposes, any field may be used as the scalars for a vector space, which is the standard general context for linear algebra. Number fields, the siblings of the field of rational numbers, are studied in depth in number theory. Function fields can help describe properties of geometric objects.
Like an electric field is applying a sort of force on a particle. I was wondering if this at all impacts the potential energy of a particle. For instance, when the force of gravity does work on an object, its potential energy changes as a consequence. Would it be the same thing here?
A quick description. A single straight wire and a second straight wire, both wires are electrically as well as physically separated, the physical separation distance assume is very small in order for the B field experienced by the second wire to be sufficiently strong.
In all cases one of the...
Force lines method is used in Solid Mechanics for visualization of internal forces in a deformed body. A force line represents graphically the internal force acting within a body across imaginary internal surfaces. The force lines show the maximal internal forces and their directions.
But...
The equation of motion for a particle in a gravitational field is
ai = -Γijk vj vk
In inertial coordinates the Lorentz force is
mai = qFij vk
So it seems like F corresponds to Γ. Just like F is expressed in terms of the derivatives of A, the christoffel symbols are expressed in terms of...
Recently, it has come to my attention a field called Quantum Foundations. This is exactly what brought me into Physics, even though back then I didn't know it was a research area.
In my Physics classes, I got disappointed and unmotivated at the "Shut up and calculate!" attitude of my Physics...
Suppose there is a charged line and near that line, there is a magnetic needle lying in the vertical plane of the line. The magnetic needle is radially placed. If the charged line and the magnetic needle are moving at a same constant velocity(parallel to the line, v<<c) towards an observer. I...
Attached is a photo the the primary transformer coil of a QI (I believe pronounced CHEE) wireless charger, as used for charging a cell phone. I know the fields of solenoids but what would be the magnetic field structure of this. By-the-way, a similar coil was used on old AM radio sets.
Allow me to hijack this thread for a second: a photon is an excitation of the electromagnetic field, right? The photon does not exist until measured. So how can we send a photon in a particular direction, so it has a known position and momentum?
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I'm working on a question as follows:
I appreciate that there might be more sophisticated ways to do things, but I just want to check that my approach to the line integral is accurate. I will just give my working for the first side of the path.
So I have set up the path as a...
There is a section in the BJT explanation the charge density and the corresponding electric field graphs. But i was not sure how the electric field is derived and hence i started deriving it. Please correct me if my understanding is wrong in posting the question
It is an ##npn## BJT. My...
Here's an image. O and O' are the respective centers, a is the distance between them, r is the distance from the center of the sphere to P, and r' = r - a, the distance from O' to P.
The approach (which I don't understnad) given is to use Gauss' Law and superposition, so that we calculate the...
My questions is:
Depending on which metric you choose "east coast" or "west coast", do you have to also mind the sign on the cosmological constant in the Einstein field equations?
R_{\mu\nu} - \frac{1}{2} R g_{\mu\nu} \pm \Lambda g_{\mu\nu} = \frac{8\pi G}{c^4} T_{\mu\nu}
For example, if you...
This problem honestly got me in big confusion.
I managed to find the angle ##\theta## at which the rod rests by equalling the components of weight and Lorentz's force... but from this point on I really don't know how to manage the harmonic oscillation part.
here is the situation
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I should illustrate the motion of an electron in both cases, but I cannot really understand how will the field be like in the gap between the two(filled) hemispheres(conductor and non).
Another thing is: for the conductive hemispheres, does it make any sense to...
Okay, so, the magnetic field lying(parallel) to the plane of the coil is confusing me quite a bit.
Usually, in this kind of problem, we have a magnetic field directed perpendicularly to the plane.
Considering this orientation of the field, wouldn't the torque on this sort of "elementary brush...
Hello PF,
I am about to defend my PhD in some area of Physics/Materials Science.
I am also currently working at a company, but I want to resign after I defend my PhD thesis. I am offered a postdoc position and a salary raise if I stay in my current company but I feel I would mostly apply some...
The Poynting vector $$\vec S=\frac{1}{\mu_0} \vec E \times \vec B$$ gives the power per unit area. If I need this in terms of electric field only,I should be able to write B=E/c (for EM wave)
Assuming they're perpendicular, ##S =\frac{1}{\mu_0 c}E^2##. Now, ##c=\frac{1}{\sqrt{\mu_0 \epsilon_0}}...
I'm following the lecture notes by https://www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de/~weigand/QFT2-14/SkriptQFT2.pdf.
On page 169, section 6.2 he is briefly touching on the non-abelian gauge symmetry in the SM.
The fundamental representation makes sense to me. For example, for ##SU(3)##, we define the...
$$B = \frac {\mu_0 I}{2 \pi r} $$
By Right-hand Grip Rule, the direction of the magnetic field by wire in y-axis is into the paper (z)
while the direction of the magnetic field by wire in X-axis is upwards (+i)
The answer state the Magnetic field is in the (i - y) direction though.
Next...
All I'm reallly confused on this problem is what the expression for the emitted field is. As long as I've got that, I'm good to go, but I just don't know what to use. I've tried looking for an expression for the emitted field but I've had no luck. Would appreciate any ideas or someone telling me...
From my understanding, quantum fluctuations create particle pairs that are usually annihilated. Is it possible to use some kind of force (eg: electromagnetism) to direct and separate antiparticles from normal particles?
I believe experiments have proven that it is possible to store positrons...
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this seems like a simple problem but i am stuck reaching the final form as requested , the question is
given the magnetic vector potential
$$\vec{A} = \frac{\hat{\rho}}{\rho}\beta e^{[-kz+\frac{i\omega}{c}(nz-ct)]}$$
prove that
$$B = (n/c + ik/\omega)(\hat{z}×\vec{E})$$
simple enough i...
From one point of view the charged particle is accelerating and should emit electromagnetic waves.
But from the equivalence principle, I think, it should not.
Does anybody know the answer?
I am trying to derive that
$$\nabla \times B=\mu_0 J$$
First the derivation starts with the electric field
$$dS=rsin\varphi d\theta r d\varphi $$
$$ \iint\limits_S E \cdot dS = \frac{q}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0} \iint\limits_S \frac{r}{|r|^3} \cdot dS $$...
I couldn't prove the first one but i tried to find the period
F = -dU / dx
= - d( U0tan^2( x / a ) ) / dx
= - U0 ( ( 2 sec^2( x / a ) tan( x / a ) / a )
with F=d^2x/dt^2, tan(x/a)=x/a we have
d^2x/dt^2 + U0 ( ( 2 sec^2( x / a ) ( x / a^2 ) =0
from there i don't know how to handle the...
I am trying to design an electromagnet which consists of a copper PVC sheathed wire wound around a cylindrical plastic spool of Circumference (C) = pi x diameter. The spool has a hollow body of diameter D1.
This wire has maximum length (L), cross sectional area A, resistivity P. The spool once...
All String theories include the massless bosonic fields ##G_{\mu\nu}##, ##B_{\mu\nu}## and ##\Phi##.
I understand that ##G_{\mu\nu}## is the spin-##2## field of the spacetime metric and ##\Phi## is the spin-##0## dilaton field.
The ##B_{\mu\nu}## is called the Kalb-Ramond field and is said to...
The Lorentz's force acting on a charged particle perpendicularly "hitting" a magnetic field will be directed upwards, and generally directed towards the center of the circumference traveled by this particle, and so will cause a centripetal acceleration to keep it in a circular motion.
By...
I know the answer is ##ka^3/2##. I got ##ka^2## and I don't know how to get the right answer. I saw an explanation using integrals, but my class is algebra-based. My attempt:
##Flux=ABcos\theta##. I figure ##cos\theta## is 1 becuase the angle between the magnetic field and the normal to the...
It seems a gravitational field does not alter the electromagnetic field strength. Is this correct?
My reasoning:
With no gravity, field strength is:
F_{\mu\nu} = \partial_\mu A_\nu - \partial_\nu A_\mu
Introduce gravity:
\partial_\mu A_\nu \rightarrow \nabla_\mu A_\nu = \partial_\mu A_\nu +...
Hello there, I've worked through this problem and I would just like to check whether I've understood it correctly. I found ##\vec H##, ##\vec B## and ##\vec M## using Ampere's Law and the above relations as I would for any thin current carrying wire and these were my answers:
$$\vec H = \frac I...
If ##\tau= 0.0727, N=60, i=1.3, B=1.0,## and ##\theta=15##, I tried the following calculation:
##\tau=NIABsin\theta##
##\tau=NIs^2Bsin\theta##
##s^2=\frac {\tau} {NIBsin\theta}=\frac {.0727} {60*1.3*1*sin(15)}=0.0632 m=6.32 cm##
The answer is probably right in front of me, but I don't know what...
In the picture below, the direction of the magnetic field lines can be determined by using the right-hand rule with the thumb pointing in the direction of the current.
If we use the right hand rule in the picture below, thinking of the yellow arrow as the current, we would not get the correct...
Let us suppose we have a scalar field ##\phi##. The Klein-Gordon equations for the field can be written as
\begin{equation}
\ddot{\phi} + 3H \dot{\phi} + \frac{dV(\phi)}{d\phi} = 0
\end{equation}
The other two are the Friedmann equations written in terms of the ##\phi##
\begin{equation}
H^2 =...
Summary:: I am trying to derive that the divergence of a magnetic field is 0. One of the moves is to take the curl out of an integral. Can someone prove that this is addressable
Biot Savart's law is
$$B(r)=\frac{\mu _0}{4\pi} \int \frac{I(r') \times (r-r')}{|r-r|^3}dl'=\frac{\mu _0}{4\pi}...
We have two different accepted formulas for the far field and near field respectively. I want a numerical program that works for both, furthermore I want to use it to calculate power through the aperture after confirming it in the far field vs near field.
I start off by treating the far field...
Attempt at solution:
a) Since I need help with b) this section can be skipped. Results :
##ρ_{psa} = -Pa ##
##ρ_{psb} = Pb ##
##ρ_{p} = \frac {-1}{R^2} \frac {∂(R^2PR)}{∂R} = -3P ##
b) This is where I am unsure (first time using gauss law for P) so I need some confirmation here:
## \int...
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Does anyone here have degrees that aren't related to their careers? I was thinking of maybe taking some automotive courses at a community college towards an associates. This is merely for my own interests, and to allow me to work on my own car, knowing that I did the job correctly...
Assume that a certain charge distribution ##\rho## generates an electrical field ##E_{ext}## in the surrounding space. We also note the corresponding generated potential ##V_{ext}##.
Assume furthermore that a conductor A, with a definite shape and volume, is placed in field ##E_{ext}##, and is...
I am analyzing the rotor magnetic field, i feel i understand the basic concept but have few clarifications.
At pt1, the net mmf due to currents
##i_a = i_{max}; i_b = -\frac{i_{max}} 2 ; i_c = -\frac{i_{max}} 2## is ##\frac {3F_{max}} 2##
Similarly i can do for Pt2. But my confusion is the...
In part c, plotting the vector field shows the vector field is symmetric in x and y in the sets {x=y}.
in {x=y}, the variables can be interchanged and the solution becomes
x = x°e^t
y = y°e^tHowever, these solutions do not work for anywhere except {x=y} and don't satisfy dx/dt = y and dy/dt =...
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I don't understand how to approach this problem. Basically it asks for the distance r.I think I should use Gauss's law, but I've been thinking about the shape of the gaussian surface and I'm not sure about how it should look or where I should place it. Any help would be useful...