Abstract
Axisymmetric magnetic fields cannot be maintained by axisymmetric motions of a conducting fluid. This paper analyzes several attempts of proof and successive generalizations of this result, first stated by T. G. Cowling in 1934, as well as its relevance in the historic development of astrophysical magnetohydrodynamics.
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