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Uniqueness Theorem: With Normal Components Specified on External Spherical Surface

Mathematical Physics 2025-12-23 v1 math.MP

Abstract

A uniqueness theorem for time-harmonic electromagnetic fields which requires the normal components of electromagnetic fields specified on a spherical surface is proposed and proved. The statement of the theorem is : "For a spherical volume VV that contains only perfect conductors and homogeneous lossless materials and for which the impressed currents J\mathbf{J} are specified, a time-harmonic solution to the Maxwell's equations within the volume, having outgoing waves alone, is uniquely specified by the values of the radial components of both E\mathbf{E} and B\mathbf{B} over the exterior spherical surface VV and the tangential components of either E\mathbf{E} or B\mathbf{B} on the interior surfaces." The proof of this theorem relies on the uniqueness of multipole expansion of electromagnetic fields outside the enclosing sphere. The conventional uniqueness theorem for the volume VV having loss-less materials is considered to be the case of lossy materials in the limit the dissipation approaching zero.

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@article{arxiv.2512.18486,
  title  = {Uniqueness Theorem: With Normal Components Specified on External Spherical Surface},
  author = {Rajavardhan Talashila},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.18486},
  year   = {2025}
}
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