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[Phys-L] Re: Elecric Field Lines



JM wrote:
| . . .
| Just yesterday I had every student in a junior E and M class tell me
| that, if Cvector dot Avector = Cvector dot Bvector for any Cvector
| then we can cancel the Cvector on both sides of the equation and
| determine that Avector = Bvector. That is the right answer, and the
| argument is appealing, but it is, nevertheless, wrong.
| . . .

Perhaps they were inferring "for any Cvector" to mean "for any and all
possible Cvectors"

Bob Sciamanda
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (Em)
http://www.winbeam.com/~trebor/
trebor@winbeam.com
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