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Curl (∇ ×) in AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

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Definition

The curl is a mathematical operation that measures the rotation or circulation of a vector field. It quantifies how much the vector field is swirling around at each point in space.

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Topic 5.3: Maxwell’s Equations

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