2007/01/19 by Ali R. Hadjesfandiari, Hadjesfandiari, A. R.
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies #Magnetic Properties of Alloys #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0701232
openalex publication_date 2007/01/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This paper shows that based upon the Helmholtz decomposition theorem the field of a stationary magnetic monopole, assuming it exists, cannot be represented by a vector potential. Persisting to use vector potential in monopole representation violates fundamentals of mathematics. The importance of this finding is that the vector potential representation was crucial to the original prediction of the quantized value for a magnetic charge.