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Though it is possible to determine the electric and magnetic fields E and B due to varying charge and current distributions by solving the differential equations (1.125) and (1.122) for E and B, for example using the Jefimenko solutions given by equations (1.136) and (1.134), it is sometimes more convenient to solve problems and to interpret electromagnetism using the scalar potential φ and the vector potential A. Our starting point in this chapter will be Maxwell’s equations for continuous charge and current distributions in otherwise empty space.
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Rosser, W.G.V. (1997). The scalar potential φ and the vector potential A . In: Interpretation of Classical Electromagnetism. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 78. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1950-6_2
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