Tuesday, January 16, 2018

electromagnetism - Which form of Maxwell's equations is fundamental, in integral form or differential form?


I am not sure which form of Maxwell's equations is fundamental, integral form or differential form. Imagine an ideal infinitely long solenoid. When a current is changing in time, can we detect classical effects outside a solenoid, for example generating a circular current around solenoid by Faraday's law. If the differential form is fundamental, we won't get any current, but the integral form is fundamental we will get a current.




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