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Analytic solutions of Maxwell’s equations (2.4)–(2.7) are rather simple for plane harmonic waves, but are very complex for realistic configurations. As a simplification of the mathematics, we introduce new functions, the electrodynamic potentials Φ and \(\boldsymbol{A}\), which can be determined from given current and charge densities \(\boldsymbol{J}\) and ρ.
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Wilson, T.L., Rohlfs, K., Hüttemeister, S. (2013). Fundamentals of Antenna Theory. In: Tools of Radio Astronomy. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39950-3_6
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