论文标题
四维图片II的教学价值II:看电磁场的另一种方式
The pedagogical value of the four-dimensional picture II: Another way of looking at the electromagnetic field
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论文摘要
通过认识到四力的最简单形式确实是可行的,可以整洁地提出电磁场的概念。我们表明,麦克斯韦的方程式几乎完全源于时空的特性,尤其是由于我们的世界具有d = 4的事实。它们的完整重建需要三个额外的假设,这些假设似乎与几何学离婚了,但实际上,可能与空间时期的属性有很大关系。
The concept of electromagnetic field can be neatly formulated by recognizing that the simplest form of the four-force is indeed feasible. We show that Maxwell's equations almost entirely stem from the properties of spacetime, notably from the fact that our world has dimension d = 4. Their complete reconstruction requires three additional assumptions which are seemingly divorced from geometry, but, actually, may have much to do with the spacetime properties.