http://physics.syr.edu/courses/vrml/electromagnetism/

These pages are some of my attempts to visualize the vector fields (actually differential forms) of electromagnetism. These images are inspired by the works of the authors in my references.

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i have updated these links

These visualizations require a VRML-enabled browser. more VRML browsers Get CosmoPlayer! (install instructions) or WorldView or Blaxxun or Cortona or my new favorite: GLView (Mac: Zaptech BeOS: Breeze Linux et al... build your own: OVAL. With help from Sun's Java3D xj3d ) Try this new Shout3D version of my Electric Dipole.

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• Addition
  • Addition: Vector
  • Addition: 1-Form
  • Addition: 2-Form
• Wedge Product
  • Wedge Product: Vector/Bivector
  • Wedge Product: 1-Form/2-Form
• Raising and Lowering of Indices
  • Raising and Lowering: Vector/1-Form
  • Raising and Lowering: Bivector/2-form
• Unit Vectors
  • x-hat
  • y-hat
  • z-hat
  • r-hat
• Charged Point (Coulomb)
  • Charged Point: Electric Vector
  • Charged Point: Electric 1-form
  • Charged Point: Electric twisted 2-form (vector density)
• Two Charged Points
  • Two Charged Points: Electric Vector
  • Two Charged Points: Electric 1-form
  • Two Charged Points: Electric twisted 2-form (vector density)
• Charged Dipole
  • Charged Dipole: Electric Vector
    • Charged Dipole: The Negative Charge
    • Charged Dipole: The Positive Charge
    • Charged Dipole: Superposition
  • Charged Dipole: Electric 1-form
  • Charged Dipole: Electric twisted 2-form (vector density)
• Charged Sphere
  • Charged Sphere: Electric Vector
  • Charged Sphere: Electric 1-form
  • Charged Sphere: Electric twisted 2-form (vector density)
• Charged Cylinder
  • Charged Cylinder: Electric Vector
  • Charged Cylinder: Electric 1-form
  • Charged Cylinder: Electric twisted 2-form (vector density)
• Charged Plane
  • Charged Plane: Electric Vector
  • Charged Plane: Electric 1-form
  • Charged Plane: Electric twisted 2-form (vector density)
• Two Charged Planes (Parallel-Plate Capacitor) [FIXED]
  • Two Charged Planes: Electric Vector
  • Two Charged Planes: Electric 1-form
  • Two Charged Planes: Electric twisted 2-form (vector density)
• Faraday Law
  • Faraday Law: Electric Vector
  • Faraday Law: Electric 1-form
  • Faraday Law: Electric twisted 2-form (vector density)
• Ampere-Maxwell Law
  • Ampere-Maxwell Law: Magnetic Vector
  • Ampere-Maxwell Law: Magnetic twisted 1-form (bivector density)
  • Ampere-Maxwell Law: Magnetic 2-form
• Line-integrals
  • A line-integral via vector-calculus
  • A line-integral via differential-forms
• Ideas
  • A surface
  • Random stuff
  • VRML 2.0 PROTO Vector
  • VRML 2.0 Projectile (click on it)
  • Alta-Vista back-links to these pages
• Notes from my summer course in electromagnetism PHY 212 - Summer 97

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  See also The Light Cone: an illuminating introduction to relativity

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Copyright © 1996
Roberto B. Salgado
Department of Physics - Syracuse University
Syracuse NY 13244-1130
All Rights Reserved.