The absorber hypothesis of electrodynamics
arXiv:0809.0201 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.026212
Abstract
We test the absorber hypothesis of the action-at-a-distance electrodynamics for globally-bounded solutions of a finite-particle universe. We find that the absorber hypothesis forbids globally-bounded motions for a universe containing only two charged particles, otherwise the condition alone does not forbid globally-bounded motions. We discuss the implication of our results for the various forms of electrodynamics of point charges.
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