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This paper deals with the evaluation of the electric and magnetic field generated by a set of N periodically distributed filamentary conductors, in a circular arrangement. The results obtained lead to the computation of a continuous product of distances. In close connection with the computation of such a continuous product, the general problem of the factorization of a sum or difference of two powers, a^N±b^N, where a and b are positive real numbers and N a positive integer, is addressed.

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Prof. Jose Antonio Marinho Brandao Faria