Reply to Comments on 'Defining the electromagnetic potentials'

The two commentary articles by van Hees and Heras both reject the conclusions of our paper. Our response here shows that they address neither the issues we raised nor the reasons for our conclusions. Rather, they merely reiterate the 'conventional approach' as arguments against them.

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The two commentary articles by van Hees and Heras reject the conclusions of the paper without addressing the issues raised or reasons for the conclusions. Instead, they simply reiterate the 'conventional approach' as arguments against them.