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For a Coulomb-type field of a single point charge, generalized expressions are considered which are obtained on the basis of a hypercomplex generalization of electrodynamics with magnetic charges [1]. Along with the usual electrostatic field, in this approach a single charge can create a magnetic field, provided that the space points around the charge are oriented in a different way than the field source (charge) itself. Aside from vector fields, such a charge can create scalar and pseudoscalar fields, if time flows differently at the field points around the charge than at the location of the charge, or if the charge itself moves with respect to a fixed reference frame. The sources of the dual symmetry of the Maxwell equations are discussed.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 9, pp. 101–104, September, 1990.
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Smolin, A.L. Coulomb law and hypercomplex approach to electrodynamics. Soviet Physics Journal 33, 810–813 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00894910
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00894910