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ELECTROSTATICS
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- 1WHAT ARE FIELDS ? (INFORMAL)GRAPHS OR MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS
SHOWING VARIATION OF VALUES OF VARIOUS PHYSICAL QUANTITY OVER SPACE AND TIME. - 2DEFINE FIELDS (MATHEMATICALLY).A MATHEMATICAL FUNCTION OR MAP WHICH ASSIGNS A PHYSICAL QUANTITY TO EVERY POINT IN SPACE IS CALLED A FIELD.
- 3DEFINE FIELDS (PHYSICALLY)PHYSICAL QUANTITIES WHICH HAVE VALUES FOR EVERY POINT IN SPACE AND TIME ARE CALLED FIELDS.
- 4WHAT ARE THE BASIC CATEGORIZATION OF FIELDS ?THEY CAN BE CATEGORIZED IN TERMS OF THE PHYSICAL QUANTITY THEY REPRESENT AND HOW THEY VARY WITH TIME.
- 5WHAT ARE SCALAR FIELDS ?FIELDS WHICH ASSIGN A SCALAR VALUE TO EVERY POINT IN SPACE ARE CALLED SCALAR FIELDS.
(EX: PRESSURE FIELD/TEMPERATURE FIELD) - 6WHAT ARE VECTOR FIELDS ?FIELDS WHICH ASSIGN A VECTOR QUANTITY TO EVERY POINT IN SPACE ARE CALLED VECTOR FIELDS.
(EX:ELECTRIC FIELDS/GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS) - 7WHAT ARE STATIC FIELDS ?FIELDS WHICH ASSIGN VALUES TO VARIOUS POINTS IN SPACE WHOSE VALUES DON'T CHANGE WITH TIME ARE CALLED
STATIC FIELDS. - 8—
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- Flashcards on ELECTROSTATICS, created by GURJEET SINGH on 22/11/2018.
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