Lorenz condition and uncoupling pde - general name for techniques of pde uncoupling

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I'm reading Jackson's Electrodynamics chapter 6.2.

It is possible to reduce Maxwell's equations to

$\nabla^2 \phi + \frac{\partial}{\partial t} (\nabla \cdot A) = - \frac{\rho}{\epsilon_0}$ (6.10)

$\nabla^2 A - \frac{1}{c^2} \frac{\partial^2 A}{\partial t^2} - \nabla( \nabla \cdot A + \frac{1}{c^2} \frac{\partial \phi}{\partial t }) = - \mu_0 J$ (6.11)

By satisfying Lorenz condition

One can uncouple into

$\nabla^2 \phi - \frac{1}{c^2} \frac{\partial^2 \phi}{\partial t^2} = \frac{- \rho}{\epsilon_0}$

$\nabla^2 A - \frac{1}{c^2} \frac{\partial^2 A}{\partial t^2} = - \mu_0 J$

I have not seen this kind of thing outside of the context of electromagnetism. Is there a more general name for this kind of thing in mathematics for uncoupling pde?