The authors analyze the cause-effect relationships between the fields and their sources of J. Maxwell’s classical theory of electromagnetism. They have shown that Jefimenko’s formulas express the principle of causality explicitly, describing the behavior of the field as a function of local sources with allowance for the delay time. The authors did present by way of example the solutions of non-stationary problems reflecting the cause and effect relationships of electromagnetic phenomena in the university course of general physics that are visually and available for students of the lower courses.
Keywords: Maxwell equation; O. Jefimenko’s formulas; cause-effect relationship; source-field; local and non-local sources of field; non-stationary problems; general physics course.
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