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The pair of Maxwell’s equations that describe the static magnetic field B in a vacuum are

$$ \boxed{\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {{\text{Curl }}B \equiv \nabla xB = {\mu _0}J} \\ {{\text{Div }}B \equiv \nabla .B = 0} \end{array}} $$
(5.1)

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© 1993 David Dugdale

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Dugdale, D. (1993). Magnetostatics. In: Essentials of electromagnetism. Macmillan Physical Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22780-8_5

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