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Let's say we have an electric field,
(ax, 0, 0). (a is a constant)
The divergence of the field is a, so the charge density is a*epsilon.
This implies a uniform charge density, but the field only points in one direction! Furthermore, it switches directions at the x-axis. But that's weird, since the location of the x-axis and therefore the change in direction is dependent on where you place your coordinate system, but the field of a uniform charge density shouldn't be dependent on something like that!
Also, what if you made the field
(ax, by, cz) (where a, b, c are constants)
The charge density is still uniform, (a+b+c)*epsilon, but now, there's some kind of radial field, even though there's still a uniform charge density! I don't understand what's going on.
(ax, 0, 0). (a is a constant)
The divergence of the field is a, so the charge density is a*epsilon.
This implies a uniform charge density, but the field only points in one direction! Furthermore, it switches directions at the x-axis. But that's weird, since the location of the x-axis and therefore the change in direction is dependent on where you place your coordinate system, but the field of a uniform charge density shouldn't be dependent on something like that!
Also, what if you made the field
(ax, by, cz) (where a, b, c are constants)
The charge density is still uniform, (a+b+c)*epsilon, but now, there's some kind of radial field, even though there's still a uniform charge density! I don't understand what's going on.