Remarks on Superluminal Propagation of an Electromagnetic Wave in Air
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The significance of the Lorentz gauge as a constraint on solutions of Maxwellian waves is discussed. It is proved that recent claims of superlu-minal propagation of electromagnetic waves rely on an erroneous basis.
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