Connecting Solutions of the Lorentz Force Equation do Exist
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Due to a processing error the last paragraph of Sect. 3.1 on p. 358 was printed with an error. In addition, in Sect. 5.2 on pp. 365–366 the presentation of the Example was processed incorrectly. The second paragraph of Sect. 5.2 (two lines) must be removed and the last sentence in the same section must be replaced with ‘Nevertheless, even though σ0 maximizes in C1, it does not maximize in C2 (nor in the causal homotopy class C), in agreement with our results.’ The corrected paragraphs read as follows.
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