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The exact proof that Maxwell equations with the 3D E and B are not Lorentz covariant equations. The new Lorentz invariant field equations
General Physics · Submitted 10 Nov 2003
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The authors' main claim In this paper it will be exactly proved both in the geometric algebra and tensor formalisms that the usual Maxwell equations with the three-dimensional (3D) vectors of the electric and magnetic fields, E{bold} and B{bold} respectively, are not, contrary to the general opinion, Lorentz covariant equations.
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In this paper it will be exactly proved both in the geometric algebra and tensor formalisms that the usual Maxwell equations with the three-dimensional (3D) vectors of the electric and magnetic fields, E{bold} and B{bold} respectively, are not, contrary to the general opinion, Lorentz covariant equations. Consequently they are not equivalent to the field equations with the observer independent quantities, the electromagnetic field tensor Fsup{ab} (tensor formalism) or with the bivector field F (the geometric algebra formalism). Different 4D algebric objects are used to represent the standard observer dependent and the new observer independent electric and magnetic fields. The proof of a fundamental disagreement between the standard electromagnetism and the special relativity does not depend on the character of the 4D algebric object used to represent the electric and magnetic fields. The Lorentz invariant field equations are presented with 1-vectors E and B, bivectors Esub{HL} and Bsub{HL} and the abstract tensors, the 4-vectors Esup{a} and Bsup{a}. All these quantities are defined without reference frames. Such field equations are in a complete agreement with experiments.
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| s0 | In this paper it will be exactly proved both in the geometric algebra and tensor formalisms that the usual Maxwell equations with the three-dimensional (3D) vectors of the electric and magnetic fields, E{bold} and B{bold} respectively, are not, contrary to the general opinion, Lorentz covariant equations. | result 0.57 | 0.89 | 0.91 | asserted 1.00 |
| s1 | Consequently they are not equivalent to the field equations with the observer independent quantities, the electromagnetic field tensor Fsup{ab} (tensor formalism) or with the bivector field F (the geometric algebra formalism). | interpretation 0.58 | 0.68 | 0.21 | asserted 1.00 |
| s2 | Different 4D algebric objects are used to represent the standard observer dependent and the new observer independent electric and magnetic fields. | contribution 0.67 | 0.70 | 0.06 | asserted 0.99 |
| s3 | The proof of a fundamental disagreement between the standard electromagnetism and the special relativity does not depend on the character of the 4D algebric object used to represent the electric and magnetic fields. | interpretation 0.57 | 0.64 | 0.19 | asserted 1.00 |
| s4 | The Lorentz invariant field equations are presented with 1-vectors E and B, bivectors Esub{HL} and Bsub{HL} and the abstract tensors, the 4-vectors Esup{a} and Bsup{a}. | contribution 0.95 | 0.87 | 0.15 | asserted 1.00 |
| s5 | All these quantities are defined without reference frames. | contribution 0.59 | 0.68 | 0.04 | asserted 1.00 |
| s6 | Such field equations are in a complete agreement with experiments. | interpretation 0.57 | 0.34 | 0.11 | asserted 1.00 |
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In this paper it will be exactly proved both in the geometric algebra and tensor formalisms that the usual Maxwell equations with the three-dimensional (3D) vectors of the electric and magnetic fields, E{bold} and B{bold} respectively, are not, contrary to the general opinion, Lorentz covariant equations. Consequently they are not equivalent to the field equations with the observer independent quantities, the electromagnetic field tensor Fsup{ab} (tensor formalism) or with the bivector field F (the geometric algebra formalism). Different 4D algebric objects are used to represent the standard observer dependent and the new observer independent electric and magnetic fields. The proof of a fundamental disagreement between the standard electromagnetism and the special relativity does not depend on the character of the 4D algebric object used to represent the electric and magnetic fields. The Lorentz invariant field equations are presented with 1-vectors E and B, bivectors Esub{HL} and Bsub{HL} and the abstract tensors, the 4-vectors Esup{a} and Bsup{a}. All these quantities are defined without reference frames. Such field equations are in a complete agreement with experiments.
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(E corresponds to the three-dimensional electric field vector, B corresponds to the three-dimensional magnetic field vector and e_5 is the (grade-4) pseudoscalar.) In this paper it is proved that the space-time split and the relative vectors are not relativistically correct, which means that the ordinary Maxwell equations with E and B and the field equations (FE) with F are not physically equivalent.
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In this paper it is exactly proved by using the Clifford algebra formalism that the standard transformations of the three-dimensional (3D) vectors of the electric and magnetic fields E and B are not the Lorentz transformations of well-defined quantities from the 4D spacetime but the 'apparent' transformations of the 3D quantities.
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