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1. • CommentRowNumber1.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeOct 19th 2012
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItex_[[electromagnetic potential]]_

   electromagnetic potential

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   • CommentTimeJan 24th 2024
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexadded these pointers: * A. C. T. Wu, [[Chen Ning Yang]], *Evolution of the concept of vector potential in the description of the fundamental interactions*, International Journal of Modern Physics A **21** 16 (2006) 3235-3277 &lbrack;[doi:10.1142/S0217751X06033143](https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X06033143)&rbrack; * [[Chen Ning Yang]], *The conceptual origins of Maxwell’s equations and gauge theory*, Phyics Today **67** 11 (2014) &lbrack;[doi:10.1063/PT.3.2585](https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.2585), [pdf](http://home.ustc.edu.cn/~lxsphys/2021-3-18/The%20conceptual%20origins%20of%20Maxwell%27s%20equations%20and%20gauge%20theory.pdf)&rbrack; <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/electromagnetic+potential/6">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/electromagnetic+potential/6">v6</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/electromagnetic+potential">current</a>

   added these pointers:

   • A. C. T. Wu, Chen Ning Yang, Evolution of the concept of vector potential in the description of the fundamental interactions, International Journal of Modern Physics A 21 16 (2006) 3235-3277 [doi:10.1142/S0217751X06033143]

   • Chen Ning Yang, The conceptual origins of Maxwell’s equations and gauge theory, Phyics Today 67 11 (2014) [doi:10.1063/PT.3.2585, pdf]

   diff, v6, current

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   • CommentTimeJan 24th 2024
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexReading through these, I realize that I had not actually appreciated before that the introduction of the EM-potential $A$ is very much already due to Maxwell himself (following Thomson). The *elimination* of $A$ from the original equations to yield those that now bear Maxwell's name is apparently ([p. 6](http://home.ustc.edu.cn/~lxsphys/2021-3-18/The%20conceptual%20origins%20of%20Maxwell's%20equations%20and%20gauge%20theory.pdf#page=6)) due to Heaviside and Hertz, about 30 years later.

   Reading through these, I realize that I had not actually appreciated before that the introduction of the EM-potential is very much already due to Maxwell himself (following Thomson). The elimination of from the original equations to yield those that now bear Maxwell’s name is apparently (p. 6) due to Heaviside and Hertz, about 30 years later.

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   • CommentTimeFeb 8th 2025
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexadded pointer to: * [[Chen Ning Yang]]: *Vector Potentials and Connections*, talk at 13th Annual Geometry Festival *Connections in Modern Mathematics and Physics*, Stony Brook University (April 1998) &lbrack;video:[YT](https://youtu.be/uaBVQe7w2Hs)&rbrack; <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/electromagnetic+potential/8">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/electromagnetic+potential/8">v8</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/electromagnetic+potential">current</a>

   added pointer to:

   • Chen Ning Yang: Vector Potentials and Connections, talk at 13th Annual Geometry Festival Connections in Modern Mathematics and Physics, Stony Brook University (April 1998) [video:YT]

   diff, v8, current