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Heaviside significantly altered the understanding and application of Maxwell's equations following whose death?

  • Albert Einstein's

  • James Clerk Maxwell's

  • Isaac Newton's

  • Leonardo Da Vinci's

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Following James Clerk Maxwell's death in 1879, Oliver Heaviside significantly altered the understanding and application of Maxwell's equations, which describe the behavior of electromagnetic fields, including light and electricity. Heaviside simplified Maxwell's equations and created a notation that is still used today.
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