Finding magnetic field outside a current loop with Biot-Savart

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Applying the Biot-Savart eq'n for inside a current loop is pretty simple to find the magnetic field inside a current loop.

But how would one find the magnetic field outside of one?
 
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On the axis, it is fairly simple.
Off axis, you need a Legendre polynomial expansion of the magnetic scalar potential.
 
Elliptic Integrals:
e.g.,
http://www.netdenizen.com/emagnettest/offaxis/?offaxisloop