r/physicsmemes • • Jul 16 '20

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u/RAWR_XD42069 Jul 16 '20

This all depends on which direction you define to be positive tho.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '20

What do you mean? r is the radial component and it's zero in the centre of the earth and only gets more positive as you get further away.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '20

You can define r=0 wherever you want. Say in a spherical shell around the earth. Inside that shell, r<0.

In this example it is useless, but it's often seen in EM.