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arxiv: gr-qc/0202030 · v1 · pith:GVMZ22LFnew · submitted 2002-02-08 · 🌀 gr-qc

A six dimensional analysis of Maxwell's Field Equations

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keywords equationsdimensionalelectromagnetismfieldextensionmaxwellspaceadvantages
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A framework based on an extension of Kaluza's original idea of using a five dimensional space to unify gravity with electromagnetism is used to analyze Maxwell\'{}s field equations. The extension consists in the use of a six dimensional space in which all equations of electromagnetism may be obtained using only Einstein's field equation. Two major advantages of this approach to electromagnetism are discussed, a full symmetric derivation for the wave equations for the potentials and a natural inclusion of magnetic monopoles without using any argument based on singularities.

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