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Re:Maxwell's Equations first published 150 years ago by msravi on Monday November 23, 2015 @09:00PM (#10618698)
Where are all the gradient and curl operators in the picture of the original manuscript on the page? Or was that notation developed later?
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Re:Maxwell's Equations first published 150 years ago by dboreham on Monday November 23, 2015 @09:04PM (#10618710)
Long after Maxwell was dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Heaviside

Supposedly they're only known as "Maxwell Equations" now because Einstein began his 1905 paper naming them such. Prior to that they were known by other names. Before even my time though.

Frank Yang's talk (and the associated paper, but that's only available behind a paywall) might be of interest to those looking for more background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG343kojbnU

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Re:Maxwell's Equations first published 150 years ago by twiceaday on Monday November 23, 2015 @09:04PM (#10618709)
That notation was standardized 36 years later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_Analysis

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