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Karthiksrao
Nov15-10, 09:23 PM
I am a little confused between the use of multipole expansion and vector spherical wave expansion (L, M and N waves) . Books like Jackson use the former while Stratton uses the latter to expand electromagnetic fields.

What exactly is the difference between the two ? If they are not equivalent, why is it possible to expand the field in two different ways?

Thanks