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The Electric Field Four-vector

We define the static electric field four-vector in the same way as in three-dimensional space, but with an additional time component. This applies to a distribution of charge which is static in space, but may vary in time. The components of the electric field four-vector are

Written out, in full, Eqs. (51) are

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