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1. Reverse the direction of the current. According to Ampere's law,
we require B to consequently change sign. But reversing the current
is equivalent to rotating space by 180 degrees so that the wire flips
end-to-end. This properly reverses the sign of the azimuthal and
longitudinal components of B, but not of the radial component. Hence
there can't be a radial component.