Are the 8 Maxwell's equations enough to derive the formula for the electromagnetic field created by a stationary point charge, which is the same as the law of Coulomb $$ F~=~k_e \frac{q_1q_2}{r^2}~? $$ If I am not mistaken, due to the fact that Maxwell's equations are differential equations, their general solution must contain arbitrary constants. Aren't some boundary conditions and initial conditions needed to have a unique solution. How is it possible to say without these conditions, that a stationary point charge does not generate magnetic field, and the electric scalar potential is equal to
$$\Phi(\mathbf{r})=\frac{e}{r}.$$
If the conditions are needed, what kind of conditions are they for the situation described above (the field of stationary point charge)?
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