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On Sun, 4 Oct 1998, Bob Sciamanda wrote:look
Does "electrostatics" refer to fixed distributions of charge
(that is, every charge source is glued in place, if you
will) or that there is no time dependence to the
distribution?
I think we have been using "electrostatics" to refer to a time
independent situation, however it is achieved.
Or perhaps it also refers to situations where time is ignored. If we
only at charge distributions and potential, while ignoring magnetism anda
EM radiation, then that is "electrostatics", even if it is a snapshot of
dynamic situation. Analogy: Newtonian "Statics" applies to dynamic)))
situations when we look at a single "frozen" time-slice.
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