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The Einstein-Maxwell Equations

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In special relativity, when we use inertial coordinates, we have the Maxwell equations in the form:

$${\eta ^{\mu v}}{F_{\lambda \mu ,v}} = {s_\lambda };\,{F_{\left[ {\lambda \mu ,v} \right]}} = 0,$$
(36.1)

ημνbeing the Minkowski metric (31.1).

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Papapetrou, A. (1974). The Einstein-Maxwell Equations. In: Lectures on General Relativity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2277-4_10

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