TITLE:
Solution to Stokes-Maxwell-Euler Differential Equation
AUTHORS:
A. C. Wimal Lalith De Alwis
KEYWORDS:
Solution, Differential Equation, Smith’s Prize Exam, Stokes, Maxwell, Euler
JOURNAL NAME:
Applied Mathematics,
Vol.8 No.3,
March
30,
2017
ABSTRACT: Solutions to the differential equation in Smith’s Prize Examination taken by Maxwell are discussed. It was a competitive examination using which skill full students were identified and James Clerk Maxwell was one of them. He later formulated the theory of Electromagnetism and predicted the light speed & its value was subsequently confirmed by experiments. Light travel in a direction perpendicular to oscillating electric and magnetic field through a vacuum from sun. In the same exam paper, Maxwell answered the question related to Stokes Theorem of vector calculus which was used in the formalism of Electromagnetic theory.