Leonard Wiechert Potential: Coulomb Law & Lorentz Transforms

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Do the lienard wiechert potentials always give the same result as coulumb law+lorentz transformations?
 
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Of course not. The Coulomb law+Lorentz transformations only works if the particle moves with constant velocity. Of course, this is quite a lot easier to calculate for this special case, but otherwise you need the Lienard Wiechert potentials.
 
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