 Magnetic-field-line equation (source code)

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= Magnetic-field-line equation

The magnetic-field-line equation states that the tangent to a field line is parallel to $\mathbf B$. In spherical coordinates for an axisymmetric poloidal field, it can be written $dr/(r\,d\theta)=B_r/B_\theta$.

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