Applied Physics and Mathematics Annotation << Back NEW METHODS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF RADIATION AND PROPAGATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES F.F. MENDE The history of the establishment of the laws of electrodynamics has been counting for more than 200 years, but, despite this, the physics of radiation of electromagnetic waves has not been clarifi ed to the present day and there are only phenomenological laws that are still used today. The basis of such laws is the concept of the vector potential of the magnetic fi eld, which follows from the phenomenological law of Ampere, which is established on the basis of empirical laws on the power interaction of current-carrying systems. The paper shows that the physical nature of electromagnetic waves is due to the dependence of the scalar potential on velocity. Such an approach makes it possible to introduce into electrodynamics a new concept - the scalar-vector potential of a moving charge, which determines all dynamic laws of electrodynamics. Key words: magnetic fi eld, vector potential, electromagnetic wave, self-induction laws, wave equation, telegraph equations, scalar-vector potential. Contacts: E-mail: fedormende@gmail.com Pp. 03-20.