Alphabeta Math
Physics theoremStatement: AI-adaptedProof: AI-adaptedjudge pass (gpt-6.1-sol)
How statement and proof provenance work

The first chip identifies the source of the statement or construction; the second identifies the source of its local proof or verification.

  • Literature-sourced: the exact statement appears in a cited source; only wording and notation differ.
  • AI-adapted: a semantically identical restatement of literature-sourced material, modulo indexing, notation, and boundary cases adopted by the library.
  • AI-generated: a genuinely novel statement formulated by AI, with no source for the claim itself.

These labels describe origin, not correctness: citations and verification chips remain separate evidence.

Motional emf for a moving material circuit: emf = -flux derivative

Physical scope

The moving-loop flux rule for the strict branch of the adopted framework: a C2 embedded material sheet swept over a compact finite elementary Green region with a single-valued C1 material velocity, in a jointly C2 vacuum-Maxwell field branch on a compact subinterval with no singularity crossing. It asserts no formula for loops crossing singular sources, no fixed-loop formula for arbitrary moving loops, no field uniqueness and no empirical claim; the Lorentz reading of the integrand is the adopted coupling and is not used in the algebraic identity.

Statement

Assume Countable Choice (ACω), with the exact meaning of The Axiom of Countable Choice (ACω), inherited from the Maxwell and transport suppliers below. Let Ω×I be the laboratory region with c>0, ε0, μ0 the constants of Framework-local SI units, the vacuum constants and the exact/measured status of their values; let E,B be fields and ρ,J source fields of The electric and magnetic fields as fixed-time spatial vector fields and Charge parameter, frame charge and current densities, volume charge and flux, and the four-current, jointly of class C2 and C1 respectively on Ω×I, satisfying the smooth branch of The microscopic vacuum Maxwell equations: smooth and weak branches pointwise on Ω×I. Let (D,r,v) be a moving material circuit of C2 moving material circuit: swept patch, single-valued material velocity, flux and electromotive force with time interval I, and fix a compact subinterval K⊆I such that the swept set r(D×K) is compactly contained in Ω (no singularity crossing). Put S(t)=r(D,t) and let γt be the oriented boundary chain of (b) of the definition, with trace C(t)=∂S(t).

Then the flux ΦB:I→R of C2 moving material circuit: swept patch, single-valued material velocity, flux and electromotive force is differentiable at every t∈I with ΦB′(t)=∫S(t)∂tB(⋅,t)⋅n dS−∮C(t)(v×B)(⋅,t)⋅dr, for every t∈K each elementary-piece frozen patch (Di,r(⋅,⋅,t)∣Di) is a test geometry of Fixed volume and patch test geometries, outward normals and induced orientations, the fixed-patch Faraday identity ∫S(t)∂tB(⋅,t)⋅n dS=−∮C(t)E(⋅,t)⋅dr holds, and consequently the electromotive force of the circuit satisfies emf(t)=∮C(t)(E+v×B)(⋅,t)⋅dr=−ΦB′(t)for every t∈K. For subluminal material speeds and the external test-charge premises of The Lorentz coupling: external force on a test charge and the continuum force and power densities(i) with the tensor and worldline conventions in C2 moving material circuit: swept patch, single-valued material velocity, flux and electromotive force(c), E+v×B is the instantaneous laboratory momentum force per unit nonzero charge. Its oriented circulation equals minus the flux derivative; this adds a force interpretation without asserting a charge's actual work along a spacetime traversal of the circuit. The result is conditional on the joint regularity, the smooth Maxwell branch and the no-singularity-crossing hypothesis; it asserts no fixed-loop formula for arbitrary moving loops, no field uniqueness, no statement about singular supports and no empirical claim.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: Assume ACω, the laboratory region U≅I×Ω, constants c>0,ε0>0,μ0>0, fields E,B jointly C2 and sources ρ,J of class C1 satisfying the smooth branch of the vacuum Maxwell equations pointwise on Ω×I, a moving material circuit (D,r,v) with time interval I, and a compact subinterval K⊆I with the swept set r(D×K) compactly contained in Ω.

[A1]

Countable Choice, written ACω, says every sequence of nonempty sets has a choice function. (The Axiom of Countable Choice (ACω)).

[F1]

A moving material circuit is the data (D,r,v): D a compact finite elementary Green region with its positive boundary chain, r:D×I→Ω extending to a C2 map on a neighbourhood of D×I with ru×rv≠0 on the interior of D and r(⋅,t) injective on D for every t∈I, and v a C1 single-valued velocity field with v(r(u,w,t),t)=∂tr(u,w,t) on a neighbourhood of the swept set. (C2 moving material circuit: swept patch, single-valued material velocity, flux and electromotive force).

[F2]

The electromotive force of the circuit at t is the vector line integral emf(t)=∮γt⟨E(⋅,t)+v(⋅,t)×B(⋅,t),dr⟩ over the oriented boundary chain γt with trace C(t)=r(∂D,t), in the piecewise C1 convention, with unit V; the definition asserts no relation between emf and ΦB′. (C2 moving material circuit: swept patch, single-valued material velocity, flux and electromotive force).

[F3]

The transport formula needed here is established in step 1.1 from the explicitly typed circuit data and the calculus and Stokes suppliers below. Transport of flux through a moving patch supplies the general parametrized formula; the present argument independently derives the identity for the explicitly typed material circuit.

[F4]

A patch test geometry in Ω is a regular C2 surface patch (D,r) over a finite elementary Green region: D⊆R2 finite elementary Green region, r of class C2 on an open neighbourhood of D, ru×rv≠0 on the interior of D, and no interior parameter point shares its image with a distinct point of D; its induced boundary chain is r(∂D) with the circulation of the piecewise C1 convention, and its oriented flux is ∫SF⋅nS dS=∫D(F∘r)⋅(ru×rv) dudv. (Fixed volume and patch test geometries, outward normals and induced orientations).

[F5]

Assume the smooth branch of the vacuum Maxwell postulate holds pointwise with E,B jointly C2 and ρ,J of class C1. Then for every patch test geometry (D,r) the flux functions t↦∫SB(⋅,t)⋅nS dS and t↦∫SE(⋅,t)⋅nS dS are differentiable on I and, for every t∈I, ∮∂SE(⋅,t)⋅dr=−ddt∫SB(⋅,t)⋅nS dS. (The integral form of the vacuum Maxwell equations and its equivalence with the smooth differential form).

[F6]

A field of class Ck is a map Ω×I→R3 of class Ck; E carries V m−1 and B carries T. (The electric and magnetic fields as fixed-time spatial vector fields).

[F7]

The framework adopts the SI constants c>0, μ0>0, ε0=(μ0c2)−1, with time in seconds and the emf unit V; no numerical value of μ0 is asserted. (Framework-local SI units, the vacuum constants and the exact/measured status of their values).

[F8]

The source fields ρ (C m−3) and J (A m−2) are maps on Ω×I. (Charge parameter, frame charge and current densities, volume charge and flux, and the four-current).

[F9]

In the smooth branch, jointly C1 fields with the additional derivatives required by each equation existing and continuous and continuous sources satisfy div⁡E=ρ/ε0, div⁡B=0, curl⁡E=−∂tB, curl⁡B=μ0J+c−2∂tE pointwise. (The microscopic vacuum Maxwell equations: smooth and weak branches).

[F10]

The adopted coupling gives the continuum force density ρE+J×B for matter interacting with the field through an explicitly stated matter model, and the covariant per-charge equation of motion for a test charge; the nonrelativistic coordinate statement is not adopted as exact. (The Lorentz coupling: external force on a test charge and the continuum force and power densities).

[F11]

The Euclidean inner product is additive in each argument: ⟨x+y,z⟩=⟨x,z⟩+⟨y,z⟩. (The Euclidean inner product ⟨x,y⟩=∑k<nxkyk on Rn).

[F12]

For a<b and integrable f,g on [a,b], f+g is integrable and ∫ab(f+g)=∫abf+∫abg. (Integrable functions on [a,b] form a set closed under sums and scalar multiples, and ∫ab(λf+μg)=λ∫abf+μ∫abg).

[F13]

For a piecewise C1 path γ:[a,b]→Rn with a<b and a continuous vector field F on a set containing the trace, ∫γF⋅dr:=∑i∫titi+1⟨F(γ(t)),vi(t)⟩ dt; the value is independent of the admissible partition. (Scalar line integrals with respect to arc length and vector-field line integrals).

[F14]

For a compact measurable parameter set and an integrand with continuous time derivative on its neighbourhood, differentiation passes through its Lebesgue integral on a compact nondegenerate time interval (Differentiation under the integral sign over a compact measurable set and over a compact C1 surface). Under ACω, bounded Borel Riemann-integrable functions on a rectangle have equal Riemann and Lebesgue integrals; this includes zero extensions of continuous integrands from compact Jordan regions (Riemann–Lebesgue comparison for distribution test integrands).

[F15]

Stokes on each admissible regular C2 elementary patch gives the curl flux as the circulation of its induced boundary chain (The classical Stokes theorem for a C2 patch over a finite elementary Green region). Internal pairs of arcs cancel in the positive finite Green boundary chain (Positive orientation of elementary-region boundaries).

Proof

technique · direct differentiation on the parameter region and finite-piece Stokes
1.1F1F2F6F9F14F15F16algebra

Write a=ru×rw and h(p,t)=⟨B(r(p,t),t),a(p,t)⟩. These functions have continuous time derivatives on a neighbourhood of D×I. Fix any t∈I and a compact nondegenerate time interval around it contained in I; [F14], with the Riemann/Lebesgue comparison on a bounding rectangle, gives ΦB′(t)=∫D∂th dp. Put M=Dxv. Compatibility and [F16] give ∂tru=Mru, ∂trw=Mrw. The elementary determinant identity det⁡[Mq0,q1,q2]+det⁡[q0,Mq1,q2]+det⁡[q0,q1,Mq2]=tr⁡(M)det⁡[q0,q1,q2] follows by expanding in the three columns and checking the standard-basis triples (repeated indices cancel; distinct indices give the trace). With q0=B, q1=ru, q2=rw it yields ⟨B,∂ta⟩=⟨(div⁡v)B−MB,a⟩. Thus [F16] gives ∂th=⟨∂tB+(DxB)v+(div⁡v)B−(Dxv)B,a⟩=⟨∂tB+vdiv⁡B−curl⁡(v×B),a⟩. Here all spatial derivatives are at fixed laboratory time on the open time slice of W∩(Ω×I). Since div⁡B=0 by [F9], integrating and applying [F15] on each elementary piece, then cancelling oppositely oriented internal arcs, gives ΦB′(t)=∫S(t)∂tB⋅n dS−∮γt(v×B)⋅dr. Parameter integrals add over the pieces because they have disjoint interiors and null boundaries; [F14] transfers this finite Lebesgue additivity to the Riemann integrals. This argument applies at every t∈I.

1.2F1F4F5F6F8F9F14F15algebra

Fix t∈K. Every elementary Di is the closure of its nonempty connected interior, hence is a compact Jordan parameter region. The frozen restriction of r is C2, has nonzero parameter cross product on that interior, and is injective, so it is a patch test geometry of [F4]. Apply [F5] to each such fixed spatial patch, differentiating its flux with respect to a separate field time s and evaluating at s=t. Sum the resulting identities and cancel internal arcs as in [F15]. This gives ∫S(t)∂tB(⋅,t)⋅n dS=−∮γtE(⋅,t)⋅dr. The separate variable s keeps this fixed-patch derivative distinct from the moving flux derivative.

2.1F2F11F12F13step 1.1step 1.2algebra

On each arc of γt, additivity of the Euclidean pairing [F11] and Riemann integral linearity [F12] split the line integral of E+v×B into those of E and v×B; summing the arcs gives emf=∮γtE⋅dr+∮γt(v×B)⋅dr by [F2] and [F13]. Substitution of step 1.2 into step 1.1 proves emf(t)=−ΦB′(t) for every t∈K.

3.1A1F3F6F7F10F14step 1.1step 1.2step 2.1∎

The claimed differentiability, transport formula, elementary-piece test geometries, fixed-patch Faraday formula and emf identity follow from steps 1.1–2.1. The transport identity agrees with the general parametrized formula of [F3]. The additional subluminal external-test-charge reading is the local coordinate-force calculation of C2 moving material circuit: swept patch, single-valued material velocity, flux and electromotive force(c) from The Lorentz coupling: external force on a test charge and the continuum force and power densities(i); it does not replace relativistic momentum by mv and is unused in the integral algebra. Countable Choice is carried through the comparison and Maxwell interfaces. The regular fields and compact swept graph on D×K exclude singularity crossings. No empirical or full matter-dynamical assertion is made.

Source notes

Tong §4.1.1, printed pp. 69–71, gives the moving-loop transport signs and emf convention. The strict regularity and finite-piece proof are supplied locally.

Depends on

Dependency tree · 2 levels

Sources