Solution

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Write , , and retain the frozen axial field . The radial magnetostatic equilibrium equation now includes both the gradient of the toroidal magnetic pressure and the inward magnetic tension:
For , cylindrical gravity gives
Multiplication by the integrating factor therefore produces
The integration constant must vanish for regularity on the axis. Direct integration gives
Its Taylor expansion at the axis is
so the regular field behaves as . At large radius,
Nonnegativity at infinity requires
This condition is also sufficient: at the limiting value, the braces divided by reduce to , and decreasing only increases them. Thus the toroidal magnetic field is real and regular at every radius exactly in the stated range.

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