Maxwell's Equations/Gauss's Law for Magnetism
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Physical Law
- $\nabla \cdot \mathbf B = 0$
where $\nabla \cdot \mathbf B$ denotes the divergence of the magnetic flux density $\mathbf B$.
Source of Name
This entry was named for James Clerk Maxwell and Carl Friedrich Gauss.
Sources
- 1970: George Arfken: Mathematical Methods for Physicists (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Introduction: Electromagnetic Theory