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Charge Density Of A Conducting Strip
I am currently doing a project which requires me to figure out the charge density of a strip. Assume that the strip is isolated in a vacuum.
Assume the strip is 1 dimensional, kind of like a rod. What ...
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Mathematical equivalent of Fundamental nature of charge [closed]
How to mathematically represent the fact that electric charge is a fundamental quantity? i.e. that it cannot be explained in terms of other things, for example, the normal force can be explained as ...
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Obtaining the charge from the charge density using distribution theory
In electrostatics, for several reasons, it seems that the correct way to understand the charge density $\rho$ isn't as a function $\rho : \mathbb{R}^3\to \mathbb{R}$, but rather as a distribution $\...
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