Slight Detour -- Part #2: The Lagrangian of a Charged Particle in an EM field.

[moosehead_beer]

Here's the continuation of the last post, where we look at the problem I mentioned and see where it leads. (90% of this material is stolen from Griffiths E&M book. I blame Asma.)

Comments

[zentiger]

Nicely done.

[synchcola]

pray tell me how

[tri_blog]

Wow, never thought I'd see good ol' Maxwell equations or Lagrangian mechanics in a blog post! How are you able to create these mathematical symbols here?

I used Griffiths's book for my E & M class. It's well-written.

[moosehead_beer]

Thank our resident mathematician and tex coder, synchcola! http://spiny.at.org/~cola/tex2img/

[moosehead_beer]

You said you were studying DEs in BC calc the past few weeks, right

[__k_y_l_e__]

This has been a great read, thanks a lot for posting it. :) The Lagrangian especially piqued my interest, and those problems you posted seem like a nice introduction.