@jhemann.bsky.social · Jun 27

I assume you are well aware, but if not this feels like the confluence of some interests.

Jacqueline · Jun 27

"In this case it turns out that the electric field can always be written in the form E = -∇Φ for some function Φ(x) called the *electric potential*, or*scalar potential*, or even just the *potential* as if we didn't already have enough things with that name."