Quote: Maxwell's equation for electrical force has three terms: an inverse square term for Coulomb's law, an inverse square correction for delay, and an inverse term for radiation

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Of the terms appearing in [Maxwell's equation for electrical force], the first … [from Coulomb's law] … correction for delay, so it is easy to … [The radiation effects] we are interested in come from the third term … What this term is: look at the charge … [towards the delayed position of the charge] … As the charge moves around, the unit vector … [At a large enough distance, the electrical force is proportional to the delayed transverse acceleration divided by the distance.]   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: at a large enough distance, electrical force is proportional to the delayed transverse acceleration divided by the distance

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