Article ID: CBB000641773

Carl Neumann's Contributions to Electrodynamics (2004)

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I examine the publications of Carl Neumann (1832--1925) on electrodynamics, which constitute a major part of his work and which illuminate his approach to mathematical physics. I show how Neumann contributed to physics at an important stage in its development and how his work led to a polemic with Hermann Helmholtz (1821--1894). Neumann advanced and extended the ideas of the Königsberg school of mathematical physics. His investigations were aimed at founding a mathematically exact physical theory of electrodynamics, following the approach of Carl G.J. Jacobi (1804--1851) on the foundation of a physical theory as outlined in Jacobirsquos lectures on analytical mechanics. Neumannrsquos work also shows how he clung to principles that impeded him in appreciating and developing new ideas such as those on field theory that were proposed by Michael Faraday (1791--1867) and James Clerk Maxwell (1831--1879). Key words. Herman Helmholtz - Heinrich Hertz - Carl G.J. Jacobi - James Clerk Maxwell - Carl Gottfried Neumann - Franz Ernst Neumann - Wilhelm Eduard Weber - Electrody-namics - potential theory - mathematical physics - theoretical physics

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Authors & Contributors
Blai Pié i Valls
Călin Galeriu
Netuka, Ivan
Mitchell, D J
Wiederkehr, Heinrich
Torretti, Roberto
Concepts
Electrodynamics
Physics
Mathematical physics
Mathematics
Relativity, special
Biographies
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
Places
Germany
Pisa (Italy)
Leipzig (Germany)
Italy
France
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