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On a class of harmonic functions at spatial infinity

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Solutions of Laplace's equation at spatial infinity can be related to solutions of Maxwell's equations in space-time. In this paper it is shown that half of these spi-harmonic solutions correspond to electromagnetic fields with singularities on the light cone.

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  1. Departments of Physics, Syracuse University and New York University, New York

    Peter G. Bergmann

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Supported by NSF Grant PHY-8541793 to Syracuse University.

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Bergmann, P.G. On a class of harmonic functions at spatial infinity. Gen Relat Gravit 19, 371–374 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00767277

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