While I'm railing against these neosacred cows, let me also deplore
the
use of the word "potential (meaning electrical potential) in this or
any other time dependent application. I like to firmly associate the
terms "potential" and "time invariant" with one another. Perhaps
"emf"
would be a better choice?
Leigh
Could you elaborate (briefly) on this objection? I don't have a
particularly negative reaction to the idea of a varying potential
difference, and from your comment and John Denker's, it appears that
probably I should. (I don't object to just calling this quantity "voltage",
but I prefer to save the term "emf" for active elements like batteries.)
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Sugar Grove, Illinois
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From: Leigh Palmer [SMTP:palmer@SFU.CA]
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Subject: Re: Inductance