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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 ib Paper 3 17B ii Solution by
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Substitute the monochromatic plane waves into the two divergence equations of Maxwell's equations. They become and . For nonzero wavenumber,Thus both fields are transverse to the direction of propagation. The wave equation also gives the vacuum dispersion relation .
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