Re: del F = 4pi J ... correspondence between Clifford Algebra and vectorformulation of electromagnetism

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

Thanks.  That helps a lot.
                        Jack
On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, John S. Denker wrote:

> For the benefit of those afflicted with browsers that
> can't display the symbol font, I put up a DJVU version
> of the Clifford Algebra / Maxwell equations exercise,
> namely:
>   http://www.monmouth.com/~jsd/physics/maxwell-ga.djv
>
> You may need to download a free DJVU plugin from
>   http://www.lizardtech.com/download/?f=0&d=1
>
> The content remains the same, namely:
> > I recently did an amusing exercise.  Starting from
> > the equations of electromagnetism in the form
> >         del F = 4pi J
> > I turned the crank on the Clifford Algebra to confirm
> > that it does indeed regenerate the old-fashioned vector
> > representation of Maxwell's equations.
> >
> > It was an interesting tour of the Geometric Algebra
> > machinery.  I wrote up some notes on the scenery
> > along the way, including some of the pitfalls that
> > one learns to avoid.
>
> Using cross products is like eating soup with a fork.
> Clifford Algebra is the spoon -- it's easier and gives
> a better result.

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