Decomposition of vector fields by scalar potentials

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, , Citation E G P Rowe 1979 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 12 145 DOI 10.1088/0305-4470/12/1/027

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Details of a decomposition of an arbitrary vector field by scalar potentials are given. Known expansions for divergence-free fields, curl-free fields and transverse fields are shown to be special cases.

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