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| May 14, 2015 at 20:55 | history | edited | TheQuantumMan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 14, 2015 at 20:54 | comment | added | TheQuantumMan | You are right,Biot Savart law does not include displacement currents,it is only used in static conditions(no time dependence). | |
| May 14, 2015 at 20:33 | comment | added | Vesnog | Well thanks for the answer indeed I derived it using Biot-Savart but is it possible to derive it using entirely Ampere's law and a few symmetry arguments probably? Note also that this question was asked to freshman engineers.There are displacement currents involved and Biot-Savart does not take them into account(there is charge accumulation). | |
| May 14, 2015 at 19:19 | history | answered | TheQuantumMan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |