Metadata aliases: [] shorthands: {} created: 2021-10-20 18:15:24 modified: 2022-01-10 04:13:04 A vector potential is a vector field whose curl is a given vector field.
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( analogous to a scalar potential, which is a scalar field whose gradient is a vector field)
Formally: given a vector field , a vector potential is a vector field such that: