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Re: [Phys-l] current vector

Robert Cohen wrote:

If current is really a vector, that means that what we've been calling
"current" is really the "magnitude of the current", correct?

Definitely not the magnitude. Magnitudes are always positive.
The scalar current can have either sign.

The scalar current is the _projection_ of the current vector onto
some chosen basis vector.