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Kirchhoff's Loop Rule Is For The Birds
Why people recommend it
Walter Lewin's lecture arguing that Kirchhoff's loop rule fails with a changing magnetic field; cited in debates about what a voltmeter reads around an induced EMF.
Watch for: probe lead placement changes the reading
In their words
In this video, Lewin more clearly expresses his objection to formulating the problem in a way that reflects KVL.
ajb on electronics.stackexchange.com, Nov 2018. CC BY-SA.
MIT professor Walter Lewin demonstrates this here.
Math Keeps Me Busy on electronics.stackexchange.com, Mar 2021. CC BY-SA.
