Study Maxwells Equations 

Derive the wave equation for a magnetic field from Maxwell's equations.

Enter Maxwell's equations in natural LorentzHeaviside units.

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Create a nicely formatted table of the equations.

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Take the curl of Ampere's law in vacuum ( and ).

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Interchange order of differentiation.

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Substitute Faraday's law.

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Activating the equation results in the wave equation for the magnetic field.

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This is the equation expressed using traditional notation.

A plane-wave solution of the equation can be verified by a simple substitution.

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