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Advances in Mathematical Physics
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 528631, 29 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/528631
Review Article
Electrodynamics of Radiating Charges
Faculty of Technology, Art and Design, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 4, St. Olavs Plass, 0130 Oslo, Norway
Received 20 March 2012; Revised 16 May 2012; Accepted 17 May 2012
Academic Editor: Andrei D. Mironov
Copyright © 2012 Øyvind Grøn. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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