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Further Difficulties and Alternate Approaches

In: Relativistic Electrodynamics and Differential Geometry

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  • Stephen Parrott

    (University of Massachusetts Harbor Campus, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science)

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This chapter examines some interesting results and viewpoints which shed light on the problem of constructing a theory of electrodynamics which is both logically consistent and in agreement with experiment. The previous chapters presented the most widely accepted viewpoint, which culminates in the Lorentz-Dirac equation. There are many motivations and “derivations” of this equation, and the one presented in Chapter 4 is the one which I find most nearly rigorous and convincing. I tried to present the best possible case for the Lorentz-Dirac theory, but it is easy to see why many have serious doubts about that equation. (Others believe it is absolutely fundamental.)

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  • Stephen Parrott, 1987. "Further Difficulties and Alternate Approaches," Springer Books, in: Relativistic Electrodynamics and Differential Geometry, chapter 0, pages 172-237, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4612-4684-8_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-4684-8_5
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