In undergraduate E&M courses the magnetic field due to a finite length, current-carrying wire can be calculated using the Biot-Savart law.1 However, to the author's knowledge, no textbook presents the calculation of this field using the Ampere-Maxwell law:
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Topics
Electromagnetism, Electric currents, Electrostatics, Magnetic fields, Vector calculus, Quantum wires, Educational aids
1.
H. D.
 
Young
 and
R. A.
 
Freedman
,
University Physics
, 13th ed. (
Pearson
,
San Francisco
,
2012
), p.
929
.
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