Vector potential

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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.

( 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:

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