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The Helmholtz field decomposition of a field on entire space into the sum of a longitudinal (irrotational, curl-free) component and transversal (solenoidal, divergence-free) component is treated here. Corresponding decomposition of Maxwell equations and related topics are also discussed.
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Babin, A., Figotin, A. (2016). Longitudinal and Transversal Fields. In: Neoclassical Theory of Electromagnetic Interactions. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7284-0_7
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