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sluthy
Sep16-06, 08:03 PM
I am stumped by a question in my Electromagnetism asignment that asks, after determining the potential (V) and electric field (E) of a hollow conductive sphere containing a point charge system, to "show that E and V satisfy the appropriate boundary conditions at the surfaces of the sphere." What does it mean by "boundary conditions"? What is the question asking me to prove/show?

berkeman
Sep17-06, 01:04 PM
I believe they are referring to the perpendicular and parallel components of the electric field E at the conducting surface. E and B have particular properties at the surface of a conductor. Quiz question -- what are those properties?