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- PHY102 Physics II © Dr.Cem Özdoğan
- Gauss’ law relates the electric fields at points on a (closed) Gaussian surface to the net charge enclosed by that surface.
- Gauss’ law considers a hypothetical (imaginary) closed surface enclosing the charge distribution.
- This Gaussian surface, as it is called, can have any shape, but the shape that minimizes our calculations of the electric field is one that mimics the symmetry of the charge distribution.
- Electric Field & Force Law Depends on Geometry