Solved: Show that its impossible for an electromagnetic wave in vacuum to have a

Chapter 29, Problem 44

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Show that its impossible for an electromagnetic wave in vacuum to have a time-varying component of its electric field in the direction of its magnetic field. (Hint: Assume E S does have such a component, and show that you cant satisfy both Gausss and Faradays laws.)

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