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Grade 9General Physics

Can Maxwell's equations be derived from Coulomb's Law and Special Relativity?

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12 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of Vikas TU
6 Years ago
no, because plenty of other field theories that respect Special Relativity can be invented, such that they reproduce Coulomb's Law in the inertial frame of a given point charge.