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When can Gauss's law be used in its differential form?
When can Gauss's law be used in its differential form?
- When there is a non-uniform distribution of electric charge
- When symmetry does not mandate uniformity of the field
- When there is no electric charge enclosed by the surface
- When symmetry mandates uniformity of the field (correct)
What does Gauss's law relate to in physics?
What does Gauss's law relate to in physics?
- Distribution of magnetic field to the resulting electric charge
- Distribution of electric charge to the resulting electric field (correct)
- Distribution of electric charge to the resulting magnetic field
- Distribution of electric field to the resulting electric charge
Who first formulated Gauss's law?
Who first formulated Gauss's law?
- Faraday
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange (correct)
- Maxwell
- Carl Friedrich Gauss
What does Gauss's law state about the flux of the electric field out of an arbitrary closed surface?
What does Gauss's law state about the flux of the electric field out of an arbitrary closed surface?
What can Gauss's law be used to derive?
What can Gauss's law be used to derive?
What does Gauss's law state about the net electric flux through any hypothetical closed surface?
What does Gauss's law state about the net electric flux through any hypothetical closed surface?
What is defined as a surface integral of the electric field?
What is defined as a surface integral of the electric field?
What is essentially equivalent to Gauss's law?
What is essentially equivalent to Gauss's law?
Which law is essentially equivalent to Gauss's law for gravity?
Which law is essentially equivalent to Gauss's law for gravity?
What represents the time components of the electromagnetic tensor in a curved spacetime?
What represents the time components of the electromagnetic tensor in a curved spacetime?
What theorem are the integral form and differential form of Gauss's law related by?
What theorem are the integral form and differential form of Gauss's law related by?
What can be formulated in a way similar to Gauss's law?
What can be formulated in a way similar to Gauss's law?
What does ΦE represent in the integral form of Gauss's law?
What does ΦE represent in the integral form of Gauss's law?
What is expressed as an integral of the electric field in Gauss's law?
What is expressed as an integral of the electric field in Gauss's law?
What quantity does ΦE represent in the integral form of Gauss's law?
What quantity does ΦE represent in the integral form of Gauss's law?
What does ε0 represent in the integral form of Gauss's law?
What does ε0 represent in the integral form of Gauss's law?
What does Gauss's law state about the net electric flux through any hypothetical closed surface?
What does Gauss's law state about the net electric flux through any hypothetical closed surface?
What does ε0 represent in the integral form of Gauss's law?
What does ε0 represent in the integral form of Gauss's law?
Under what conditions can Gauss's law be used in its differential form?
Under what conditions can Gauss's law be used in its differential form?
