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.
The last couple of days I’ve been troubled with a specific part of electromagnetism. How will electric field lines be affected by an oscillating charge? More specific, what will happen with the “amplitude” of a wave in an electrical field line as the wave propagate away from the charge?
1. Will...
So force on a current carrying wire = ILxB.
If I have a bunch of bar magnets making a uniform magnetic field of strength B, then a 1 meter long wire of 0 ohms carrying 1 Amp, the force on that wire is (1)(1)xB = 1B. If I let that force move the wire for a time T, let's assume the wire moved a...
On a previous thread (now locked) I was wondering about how, precisely, the Earth's magnetic field protects us from the solar wind. Posting this here because what I wrote in that thread is very wrong, and I think it's an interesting topic.
I had a hell of a time finding good information. I...
So my idea was that to reach the equilibrium position, the final moment of force has to be 0 (so in the end the forces will “eliminate” each other). And I found the equation Fm=B*I*l*sinα, which should characterize the force, which affects wire with the current in a magnetic field, and Fleming’s...
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First of all I have one question! As per Figure 1, how to implement electrical connection in real life which are seen inside Red Box? and what is the meaning of grounding the other terminal?
Figure 1
And the second thing is that, I want to create and electric field on copper...
I'm not sure where this belongs, I'm guessing biomedical, but I'm interested from a physics perspective.
Do neurons generate an electromagnetic field? In other words, all the neural activity in the brain, does it generate electromagnetic fields?
If so, what are the details of these fields?
I...
I have some difficulties in solving this problem. This is what I did.
I wrote down the equation of motion for the masses. For the first point
\begin{equation}
m\ddot{\textbf{r}}_1=\textbf{F}_1=q\dot{\bar{\textbf{r}}}_1\times...
Hubble deep field allowed us to study galaxy evolution from 500 million years onward. Based on my (limited) understanding, I would expect ancient galaxies to contain fewer heavy elements and to have a more "juvenile" appearance, as compared to modern galaxies. Have we actually observed these...
A body on a circular orbit in the field of a central force (satellites in gravity field of Earth; a charge in a magnetic field) is subjected to a force which is always perpendicular to its initial velocity v, hence in a time period dt it acquires an additional velocity dv, which is also...
We know that when a magnet is exposed to high temperatures, it loses its magnetic properties. Why then does the Earth's magnetic field behave differently? That is, why doesn't the Earth lose its magnetic properties? According to BBC News Brasil, the core temperature is around 6000 ° C, higher...
Off the back of a recently closed thread where there was some discussion about the gravitational field of an infinite flat slab, I decided to have a play at investigating that. I've found a few interesting things.
It's fairly straightforward to solve for this situation. You use Cartesian-esque...
I am not quite sure how to present my answer in the form of a function with relation to the distance from the centre.
What I got so far is the E1 and E2, for the internal and external sphere respectively.
For internal sphere, the charge is volume * 𝜌, so it is
$$ \frac{4\pi r^{3}}{3} * 𝜌$$...
In this lecture Lenny Susskind describes a spin in a magnetic field precesses around the axis of the direction of the magnetic field. This description is also frequently found in NMR theory which is a semi-classical theory.
Lenny says if the magnetic field ##B_o## is applied in the ##z##...
If you take a horseshoe magnet and fuse the north and South Poles together (without destroying the magnetic field) would you have a “pole-less” magnet? And if so, what special properties would it have(other than other magnets)?
I was reading some papers about calculating the magnetic field produced by a coil using the biot savart law and I saw some graphs that caught my attention.
This one from a paper from Ravaud, et al. Titled "Calculation of the Magnetic Field Created by a Thick Coil". I saw similar graphs in...
I am trying to calculate the energy within an electric field that is generated between two plates by a pulse but am unsure of what voltage value to use. The pulse is a sinc wave.
I am assuming I can still use the equation ## E= \frac{1}{2}CV^2 ##. I know the ##V_{rms}## and ##V_{max}## which...
I need to account for tension, weight, and repulsion.
For the tension, I can draw the x and y component of Tmax and see that the x components of the 2 tensions Tmax will cancel out, and there are 2 y components of the Tmax to factor in.
Weight is just F = mg, where g is acceleration due to...
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I was reading about conductors in electrostatic equilibrium and how it makes sense that they have zero electric field inside the material even when an external charge is brought near. The charge density of the material just rearranges itself to cancel. Then I searched for hollow conductors...
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I've tried everything but the equation (3) in "Deflection of electrons in electrostatic field" is impossible. Can someone at least hint me to a a way the composed it ?
I think:
Due to charge q, there will be a field in region 1, very much dependent on position of q. The inner surface charge density of irregular conductor is also dependent on the position( so that it could cancel the field of charge and E=0 inside body of irregular conductor). The outer...
a) I have calculated (1) λ = ρA = ρπr^2 = 2.49 * 10^-10 C/m and placed it into (2) yielding E = λ / (2πεx^2) = 106.73 N/C.
This doesn't seem to be correct by the feedback, however.
b) Here just to consider the proportion of the cylinder mass constrained by y.
I am looking at the following document. In section 2.3 they have the formula for the pushforward:
f*(X) := Tf o X o f-1
I am having trouble trying to reconcile this with the more familiar equation:
f*(X)(g ) = X(g o f)
Any help would be appreciated.
I will quote this statement from another thread:
In that thread number of other posters seemed to agree with this statement. So I tried to analyze it a bit.
For the sake of my questions let's say we limit GR to Schwarzschild spacetime and if there are problems with gravitational potential...
Admittedly I found similar threads here already but due to my rather lacking math skills I wanted to go through this myself.
As for the math side, I see various different equations with which this is treated can someone please provide the formulas for calculating B field from a rotating charged...
I got stuck near the beginning, so I tried working backwards. Starting from
B = (k X E0)/ω * cos(k⋅r - ωt +φ)
I found
-∂B/∂t = -k X E0 sin(k⋅r - ωt +φ)
So now I need to find ∇ X (E0 cos(k⋅r - ωt +φ)) and see that it is equal to the above result. This is where I'm stuck though, I'm not sure...
Assume a solenoid coil(made up of ##N## windings) placed in the horizontal(##\hat{y}##) direction and in a constant uniform magnetic field.
Would an induced current run through the(closed) coil if it spins around its central horizontal ##\hat{y}## axis? My guess is "no", since such a current is...
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In QFT, a free scalar field can be represented by the lagrangian density
$$\mathcal{L} = \frac{1}{2}\left(\partial\phi\right)^2 - \frac{1}{2}m^2\phi^2$$
I would like to find a classical system that has the same lagrangian. If we consider the transversal motion of an elastic string...
It is the first time that I am faced with a complex field, I would not want to be wrong about how to solve this type of problem.
Usually to solve the equations of motion I apply the Euler Lagrange equations.
$$\partial_\mu\frac{\partial L}{\partial \phi/_\mu}-\frac{\partial L}{\partial \phi}=0$$...
It even gives a hint, it says "consider two horizontal surfaces z1 and z2 and think about what thermodynamic equilibrium means for particles traveling from one surface to the other". This really trips me up because I am not sure what to do with this. Obviously in equilibrium the number of...
Hello people, in a near future I'd like to calculate (numerically, with finite elements) the magnetic field of several permanent magnets of various shapes. I am wondering which equation(s) I should solve, exactly.
It's been a long time I dived into an EM textbook and I don't have one in hand...
They say wave function is different to quantum field. Then what is the difference between EM wave and EM field?(By the way :Is that EM wave the wave function of photons?).It seem to me EM wave is the wave of EM field?
A thought experiment:
A electron is moving in a straight line at velocity v. It instantly stops dead. It doesn't move another femtometer.
Obviously its magnetic field collapses and produces light. What is the waveform of the light produced?
Is it something like this...
I am currently an undergraduate sophomore at a US university that is very reputable for physics. I am majoring in physics, and would like to one day attend grad school, so I tried to start research early and was able to find a research position this fall semester. I emailed a couple of theory...
Hi all, I interested in how can I get low of motion in for orbiting particle in a uniform magnetic field
$$\frac{d\vec{r}}{dt} = \vec{\omega}\times\vec{r},\qquad
\vec{\omega} = \frac{e\vec{B}}{mc},$$
Of course, rotating about z' axis is very simple.
\begin{equation}\label{eq:K}...
So I'm confused what the Saturation Flux Density is referring to. Defintion says it is when you no longer get an increase in H-field when increasing external B-field.
So, does the satuation flux mean the core can only create fields UP TO that saturation flux, or that it can make a stronger...
Correct me if I am wrong. I understand that if ##\vec E## and ##\vec B## are solutions to Maxwell’s equations then ##\Psi= \vec E + i \vec B## is a solution to Schrodinger’s equation.
Is there an easy way to calculate the statistical distribution of the number of photons, or at least the...
I am considering using a pair of point charges: positive and negative electric charge to model a magnetic dipole's magnetic field by just average the electric field vectors between the two charged particles where they overlap. Will that work?
In this case the + field will be vectors pointing...
I'm looking for an estimation or simulation of the magnetic field in the horizontal plane just above a typical lens in a transmission electron microscope. A rough cross section of such a lens can be seen here: electron lens - Bing images .
The lens is cylindrically symmetric around the vertical...
Solving for the volume and surface bound charge densities was easy using equations 1) and 2).
The polarization only has an r component so
##ρ_b=-\frac 1 {r^2} \frac {d} {dr} (r^2 \vec P)=-α(n+2)r^{n-1}##,
and ##\hat n=\hat r## so
##σ_b=αa^n##.
To find ##\vec E## I intend to use equation 3)...
I'm getting a bit stuck here, the Lagrangian and equation of motion is$$\mathcal{L} = \frac{1}{2} m \dot{\mathbf{x}}^2 - V_0(R^{-\omega t} \mathbf{x}) \implies m\ddot{\mathbf{x}} = -\nabla_{\mathbf{x}} V_0(R^{-\omega t}\mathbf{x})$$as expected. To try and verify that the quantity ##E - \omega...
Hi everyone,
I'm currently working on the problem listed above.
I'm pretty new to electrodynamics, and I'm learning on my own through a book. I was wondering if someone can please help me through this problem. Here are my thoughts:I think I need to use Faraday's Law of Induction for part (a)...
i have drawn the E field as below, hence the F will be in the upward direction for electron
a. Using energy is constant, the velocity ##v_x## as it crosses A is
##0.5mv_x^2 = q*V_a##
##v_x = \sqrt{(\frac{2qV_a} m)} m/s##
one doubt i have here is, the question mentions electrons, but i have...