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Electrostatics

what is gauss law or gauss theorem?

Profile image of saurabh kumar
16 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Sid @ askiitian
16 Years ago

Hi Saurabh,

The flux of an electric field E¯  through an arbitrary closed surface S is equal to the algebraic sum of the charge enclosed by this surface divided by ε0.

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You can refer to this link for more information on Gauss's Theorem

All the best!!!

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