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Maxwell's Equations Are not Lorentz Invariant [?]

Authors: Jorma Jormakka

Section 1 of the article shows that the first Maxwell's equation is not Lorentz invariant when the charge is nonzero and not stationary. The reasons for the failure of Lorentz invariance is that in order for the transformed equation to allow a solution of the untransformed equation, the charge must transform because of velocity of the inertial frame. This is not possible for reasons explained in Section 3. Section 2 looks at the Lorentz covariant formulation of Maxwell's equations that is used in quantum gauge field theories. The equations this formulation use a Lorentz invariant operator but a Lorentz invariant operator does not imply that theequation is Lorentz invariant. Maxwell's equations are not Lorentz invariant.

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