From electromagnetic wave equations, it is first found that, mathematically, any current density that emits an electromagnetic wave into the far-field region has to be differentiable in time infinitely, and that while the odd-order time derivatives of the current density are built in the emitted electric field, the even-order derivatives are built in the emitted magnetic field. With the help of Faradays law and Amperes law, light propagation is then explained as a process involving alternate creation of electric and magnetic fields. From this explanation, the preceding mathematical result is demonstrated to be physically sound. It is also explained why the conventional retarded solutions to the wave equations fail to describe the emitted fields.
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