Entries by Minjie Lei

Learn a Partial “Derivation” of Gauss’s Law

Gauss’s law was formulated by Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1835. It is one of the four Maxwell’s equations that form the basis of classical electrodynamics. Gauss’s law plays an important role because it reveals a simple relation between field and particle distribution. In the context of electrostatics, using Gauss’s law can greatly simplify the calculation…