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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 ib Paper 4 7G Solution by
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Orient the moving boundary consistently with the normal on a spanning surface . The relevant Maxwell equations are and .
First hold the magnetic field fixed at time and compare the fluxes through the old and new surfaces. The closed surface consists of the new surface, the reversed old surface, and the joining ribbon. A parametrization of the ribbon by boundary arclength and time gives its outward oriented area vector as . Thus its flux isBy the divergence theorem, the total flux through the closed surface is zero. Adding the field's explicit change in time consequently gives the moving-surface flux derivativeNow apply Stokes theorem and :Consequently the electromotive force, including the motional electromotive force, satisfiesThis derives the moving-circuit form of Faraday's law, including both changing fields and changing circuit geometry.
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