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Potential Function

The term used in physics and engineering for a Harmonic Function. Potential functions are extremely useful, for example, in electromagnetism, where they reduce the study of a 3-component Vector Field to a 1-component Scalar Function.

See also Harmonic Function, Laplace's Equation, Scalar Potential, Vector Potential




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1999-05-26