报告题目：Maxwell's equations

报 告 人：Samuel Adrian Antz (PhD student @ DUT - Dalian University of Technology)

报告时间：2026年4月23日（星期四）9:00—9:45

报告地点：6776永利集团114（小报告厅）      

校内联系人：廖娴 教授       联系方式：84708351-8510

Abstract: Maxwell's equations are a coupled system of four partial differential equations, which describe the electromagnetic field: Coulomb's law describes electrostatics, Gauß's law describes magnetostatics, Faraday's law describes the evolution of the electric field and Ampére's law describes the evolution of the magnetic field. Maxwell's equations are both interesting from a mathematical and physical perspective: A suitable combination results in wave equations for the electromagnetic field with their speed matching exactly that of light, which historically first showed that light is in fact an electromagnetic wave. Maxwell's equations therefore serve as a prime example of the connection between elegant mathematics and physical phenomena. Formulating them shows the key applications of vector analysis, their generlization in differential forms and a path to decouple partial differential equations to then transform differential relations into algebraic relations, which can be solved easier.