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The Karlqvist approximation revisited

arXiv:1504.07625

Abstract

The Karlqvist approximation signaling the historical beginning of magnetic recording head theory is reviewed and compared to various approaches progressing from Green, Fourier, Conformal mapping that obeys the Sommerfeld edge condition at angular points and leads to exact results.

9 pages and 9 figures. To submit to American Journal of Physics