Gauss's law
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In physics, Gauss's law, also known as Gauss's flux theorem, is a law of physics. The law is about understanding the difference between the release of electric charge to the resulting electric field.
The law was created by Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1835. However, it was not published until 1867. It is one of the four Maxwell's equations which is about the basis of classical electrodynamics. The other three being Gauss's law for magnetism, Faraday's law of induction, and Ampère's circuital law.
Other websites [change]
- MIT Video Lecture Series (30 x 50 minute lectures)- Electricity and Magnetism Taught by Professor Walter Lewin.
- section on Gauss's law in an online textbook
- MISN-0-132 Gauss's Law for Spherical Symmetry (PDF file) by Peter Signell for Project PHYSNET.
- MISN-0-133 Gauss's Law Applied to Cylindrical and Planar Charge Distributions (PDF file) by Peter Signell for Project PHYSNET.
