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Covariant Maxwell equation with the minus-plus-plus-plus metric
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With metric signature
(
−
,
+
,
+
,
+
)
,
A
0
=
−
Φ/
c
, and
j
μ
=
(
c
ρ
,
J
)
, the field tensor satisfies
∂
ν
F
μν
=
μ
0
j
μ
,
∂
[
λ
F
μν
]
=
0.
(25)
Its components are
F
0
i
=
−
E
i
/
c
and
F
ij
=
ϵ
ijk
B
k
, so these tensor equations reproduce all four Maxwell equations.
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