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AP Physics C/Electricity and Magnetism Gauss's Law
In physics, Gauss's law, also known as Gauss's flux theorem, is a law relating the distribution of electric charge to the resulting electric field. Gauss's law states that:The electric flux through any closed surface is proportional to the enclosed electric charge.The law was formulated by Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1835, but was not published until 1867.[1] It is one of the four Maxwell's equations, which form the basis of classical electrodynamics. Gauss's law can be used to derive Coulomb's law, and vice versa.Gauss's law may be expressed in its integral form,The integral and differential forms are related by the divergence theorem, also called Gauss's theorem. Each of these forms can also be expressed two ways: In terms of a relation between the electric field E and the total electric charge.
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Post by iusvqn on April 9, 2020
Right now, I am studying this during the Corona virus epidemic. My teacher has not provided any reference material besides the textbook. I have watched YouTube videos for the past 3 days trying to understand this, with no success. Thank you sir for taking your time to explain this, rather than rushing through it.
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Post by Jamal Tischler on February 10, 2016
I did solve the integral for the first extra example, I wrote 4 pages..
The most important thing about that integral is to realise that da=dy*dz.
And then calculate the double integral.
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Post by Marcus Suzuki on June 8, 2014
This professor may be slow, but has an amazing amount of knowledge. He explains things very clear.
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Post by Herve Gnidehoue on December 24, 2011
In the case of the sphere, the magnetic flux turned out to be Q/Epsilon O because the area of the sphere is " accidentally" 4 pi R ^2 . The R^2 and the 4 pi later cancel. If the area was a complicated figure, wouldn't the flux be a function of something else besides Q ? Awesome professor.
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