Paper 2, Section I,
Part IB, 2010
Write down Maxwell's equations for electromagnetic fields in a non-polarisable and non-magnetisable medium.
Show that the homogenous equations (those not involving charge or current densities) can be solved in terms of vector and scalar potentials and .
Then re-express the inhomogeneous equations in terms of and . Show that the potentials can be chosen so as to set and hence rewrite the inhomogeneous equations as wave equations for the potentials. [You may assume that the inhomogeneous wave equation always has a solution for any given .]