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    Not all components of the Maxwell equations propagate the fields in a physical sense.

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    • 1.Constraints like Gauss's law restrict the canonical variables so they cannot be specified independently.
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    • 2.The electric field has only two true degrees of freedom rather than three at any given point.
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    • 1.Gauss's law constrains initial conditions but still governs how charge distributions physically determine field configurations at every point.
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    • 2.A law that restricts physically admissible field states is itself a form of physical propagation constraint, not a mere mathematical artifact.
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    • 3.Earman's analysis of constraints in gauge theories shows that constraint equations carry genuine physical content about the structure of state space.
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    • 1.The distinction between 'true' and 'non-propagating' degrees of freedom is gauge-dependent and not invariant under all physically admissible representations.
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    • 2.Healey's holonomy interpretation and Belot's work on gauge theories demonstrate that what counts as physical content cannot be read off from the equation count alone.
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    As mentioned above, in these geometric variables, as in any other canonical formulation of general relativity, one is faced with constraints, which encode the fact that the canonical variables cannot be specified independently. A familiar example of a constraint is Gauss’s law from ordinary electromagnetism, which states that, in the absence of charges, ∇·E(x) − 4πρ = 0 at every point x. It means that the three components of the electric field at every point must be chosen so as to satisfy this
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