I read [this answer][1] a while ago, and while thinking about $\nabla$, I realized something. Since the cross product can be written as a determinant, in higher dimensions we require extra vector inputs. IIRC it's called the "wedge product" in higher dimensions.

Alright, how does this work when we generalize Maxwell to higher dimensions? Curl can be written (abuse of notation, yes) as a cross product with $\nabla$. But, to generalise it to higher dimensions, we need multiple inputs. We need something like $\nabla_4(\mathbf{B_1},\mathbf{B_2})$  in four dimensions, and so on. So we have two ways to get out of this: We can either use a different way to write curl in multiple dimensions (The [wikipedia page][2] has stuff on this which I don't understand), or there are more than one $E$ and $B$ fields in higher dimensions.

So which is it? How are Maxwell's laws generalised to higher dimensions?

Just a note: I never understood the linked answer after the first sentence (didn't know enough), so if there's something obvious there that answers this question, I missed it. I know nothing of higher-dimensional analysis, so if complex notation is going to be unavoidable for the multiple dimensions, I'd be fine if you showed me what happens in four dimensions.


  [1]: http://physics.stackexchange.com/a/20578/7433
  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curl_%28mathematics%29#Generalizations