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Gauss's Law
Electromagnetism · 1835
- Equation
- ∇·E = ρ/ε₀
- Field
- Electromagnetism
- Named After
- Carl Friedrich Gauss
- Symbols
- E electric field · ρ charge density · ε₀ permittivity of free space
- Year
- 1835
Significance
Electric charge is the source of the electric field. One quarter of Maxwell's equations, and the reason field lines start and end on charges.
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