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The (electrostatic) force on an extended object
It is well known that, if I have a system of $N$ particles acted upon only by conservative internal and external forces, then I can obtain the force on the $\mathrm{i^{th}}$ particle as
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Is energy infinite in an electric field?
Energy is defined as the capacity to do work. Work in turn is defined as force x displacement.
An electric field exerts the field in all directions infinitely (even though the strength of that force ...
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