The Lorentz Condition is Equivalent to Maxwell Equations

2008/11/26 by Edmund A. Di Marzio, Di Marzio, Edmund A.
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0811.4431

6 pages

arxiv created 2008/11/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

It is shown that the Lorentz condition which is a conservation law on the electromagnetic four-vector-density A, plus the Lorentz transformation, taken together, are equivalent to the microscopic Maxwell's equations.

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