2009/05/27 by José A Heras, Jose A. Heras · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Nonlinear Waves and Solitons #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena #physics.class-ph #physics.gen-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0143-0807/30/4/017
published as Eur. J. Phys. 30, 845-854 (2009) · 14 pages, See also the related paper [arXiv:0912.5044]: J. A. Heras, "Reply to comment on 'Can Maxwell's equations be obtained from the continuity equation?'" by E. Kapuscik, Am. J. Phys. 77, 755-756 (2009)
openalex publication_date 2009/05/27 · arxiv created 2009/12/26 · arxiv updated 2010/01/14 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
The covariant Maxwell equations are derived from the continuity equation for the electric charge. This result provides an axiomatic approach to Maxwell's equations in which charge conservation is emphasized as the fundamental axiom underlying these equations.