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Reply to comment by E. Comay on the longitudinal magnetic field of circularly polarized electromagnetic waves

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The argument presented by E. Comay in Ref. 1 is in error precisely at the point where he uses the Cartesian form of Stokes' theorem. His Comment is therefore erroneous and inconsequential.

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  1. Department of Physics & Astronomy, York University, 4700 Keele Street, M3J 1P3, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    M. W. Evans & S. Jeffers

  2. Physics & Applied Mathematics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 Barrackpore Trunk Road, 700 035, Calcutta, India

    M. W. Evans

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Evans, M.W., Jeffers, S. Reply to comment by E. Comay on the longitudinal magnetic field of circularly polarized electromagnetic waves. Found Phys Lett 9, 587–593 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02190033

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