Electrodynamics/Notation

This book uses a consistent notation for its equations. We will describe the symbols we use here, as well as other ways that those concepts are notated in other books.


 * $$\nabla$$: Gradient operator
 * $$\nabla$$2: Laplacian operator
 * $$\Box$$: d'Alembertian operator
 * A: Area
 * A: Magnetic potential field
 * B: Magnetic field
 * c: Speed of light
 * D:
 * E: Electric Field
 * Fe: Electric force vector
 * Fm: Magnetic force vector
 * F: Field Tensor
 * G: Magnetic Field Tensor
 * H:
 * I: Current, in amperes
 * j: Electric current
 * j: Electric current density
 * k: Coulomb's Constant
 * K: Magnetic Constant
 * l: length
 * L: Lorentz transformation matrix
 * M: Magnetization field
 * n: Normal vector
 * &phi;: Electric potential function
 * r: Scalar distance
 * r, &theta;, z: Cylindrical coordinates
 * r, &theta;, &rho;: Spherical coordinates
 * r: Distance vector
 * R: Rotation matrix
 * &sigma;: Charge density
 * TE: Electric stress tensor
 * TM: Magnetic stress tensor
 * V: Volume
 * x, y, z: Cartesian Coordinates